For like, the last six months, the Broncos have been teasing new jerseys. Their current set was getting a bit stale, and with a prolific history of sharp uniforms, there was a ton of excitement and anticipation to see how Denver would embrace that.
Well, everyone found out on Monday. And turns out, instead of incorporating any amount of their beloved franchise look into the new set, they just decided to become UTEP.
Sunset Orange.
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) April 22, 2024
Summit White.
Midnight Navy. pic.twitter.com/HEduFPC6Pe
Y I K E S. In the Broncos' defense, they also released pics of the throwbacks they'll be wearing, which look nice but also kinda just amplifies how gross the new ones are. The good news for Raiders fans is that a division rival is getting dragged On The Web, which is why we all become football fans in the first place.
The Broncos need more horses on their uniforms, just shitloads of horse stuff, make the helmet a horse head, this nation craves cowboy paganism and they should deliver it
— ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! (@edsbs) April 22, 2024
The Broncos new uniforms are horrendous
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) April 22, 2024
that is all
UTEP relocated in franchise mode and chose generic uniform #2 https://t.co/N8KBZlu516
— LGB #DaBears ~New Era Inbound~ (@LateGreatBears) April 22, 2024
Broncos looking like the UTSA roadrunners pic.twitter.com/SnuTo6bXrv
— kyle (@Ky1eLong) April 22, 2024
High School Musical 7 coming out on Disney this summer! https://t.co/aofbUBtIwT
— Robert (@BearsPurgatory) April 22, 2024
I honestly thought the old ones looked better. Oh well, here’s to another sweep https://t.co/gT5H2rtiOk
— Kenny King Jr (@KennyKing_Jr) April 22, 2024
🚮 They’re still not beating the Las Vegas Raiders🥱🏴☠️ https://t.co/aTIxkSrZA2
— ♡Lorena♡ (@_lvrangel) April 22, 2024
RIP the pants swoosh https://t.co/3QqJ91eVoh
— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) April 22, 2024
thank god the 5280 isn't as bad as I feared. Stripe is dumb. There's more footage of a Ford Bronco than actual uniforms https://t.co/uPeTCmi0Yh
— spilly (@IAmSpilly) April 22, 2024
Huge realignment move for Boise State jumping to the AFC West https://t.co/Z2HCNzibdR
— Ben Gretch (@YardsPerGretch) April 22, 2024
This will probably make Chiefs fans even more appreciative that every time Nike pitches new uniforms for the Chiefs, Clark Hunt has a short response: https://t.co/wJJUBn2YNA pic.twitter.com/25L1Fsryce
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) April 22, 2024
So yeah. Not a great start to the Broncos/UTEP/Boise State era. Surely they didn't just have the retro jersey reveal in their back pocket in case the internet hated their new jerseys. The plan was always definitely to release a bunch of videos and pictures of the throwbacks 10 minutes after their first reveal. To Denver's credit, the actual video is well-produced. Nothing says "newish bright orange sports jerseys" like a ton of professionally filmed b-roll of the rural west.
It's only Monday of Draft Week and the Broncos have already taken an L. Now go trade up for JJ McCarthy and make it 2-2.