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This past spring, we wrote a quick post about the Seahawks planning to utilize a lime green alternate jersey during the 2009 season.  The story was leaked around April 1st, though, and we added an update that the jersey appeared to be, in fact, an April Fool’s joke.

Seahawks Green Jerseys

After Sunday, I guess the joke was on us, as the Seahawks rolled out the jerseys for their home game against the Bears.

We can only hope that the Bears 25-19 victory means that the green jerseys will be put in mothballs permanently–and this is coming from a guy who still lists the Buccaneers creamsicle orange jerseys amongst his favorites of all time.

It isn’t the lime green that’s the problem for me–in fact, the Orlando Thunder lime green uniforms are also amongst my favorites of all time.  After all, a guy can’t tackle you if you’re uniform is so bright that it blinded him (of course, blinding your own offensive players might cause problems too).

But combining the lime green with that putrid greyish-blue that is the Seahawks primary color–that’s what I don’t get.  I would list the Seahawks amongst the teams that I think should start using a throwback alternate, and then once they find the right mix, go back to it permanently.