Contradictory title aside, this jersey is gorgeous. The Rams turned back to their lengthy history of playing with horns on their sleeve caps — an element that was notably missing from their redesign last year (more on that later) — by returning the horns to the caps in a bold, but familiar fashion. This accomplishes the “throwback” portion of the name of the new jersey, while the elements first introduced in 2020 carry over to this jersey, checking the “modern” box in the process.
The jersey includes the same numbering typefont as the Rams’ usual home and road jerseys, bringing with it a similar chest patch reading “RAMS” in blue lettering on a white background. Los Angeles’ ram head logo also appears on the back-neck tag, which falls in line with the team’s placement of its logos in the same location on its usual home and road tops. The same typefont carries over on the jersey’s nameplates, as well, and based on promotional photos, it appears as if the jersey will only be paired with Los Angeles’ Sol pants, keeping continuity with the uniform of which the Rams are intending to inspire memories.
You’re probably wondering why a team with a typical colored home jersey and white road top is introducing a third jersey that is also white. Ah, if only it were that simple, grasshopper.
When the Rams redesigned their uniforms last year, they made waves with their color palette choice, which included Rams Blue, Sol (also known as yellow or gold, depending on your vernacular preference, and means “sun” in Spanish) and an interesting third shade — bone.
Call it off-white if you will, but the Rams were very excited to debut what they saw as something that was certainly not just plain old off-white. The tone should remind fans of the color of an actual ram horn, or the sandy beaches of Los Angeles, the team said at the time. When lined up against white — something that doesn’t happen on a field, but does show up within the Rams’ full uniform when the team pairs it with Bone pants that includes an actual white stripe down the side — the difference in color becomes apparent.
It’s unique, sure, and also creates an avenue for Los Angeles to wear legitimate white as an alternate. The choice in color harkens back to a uniform set worn by the team from 1973 through 1999, when the Rams carried their trademark blue and yellow scheme with them from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to Anaheim, and finally, to St. Louis.
