The Falcoholic
The Atlanta Falcons have announced that they will be unveiling new uniforms in April 2026.
No words were posted, as you can see in the video above. Just a horrible jersey being removed from a locker and the date of April 2026 being posted. I’ve been no stranger to criticizing them; I think the Falcons uniforms that they have used from 2020-2025 were the worst in franchise history. They tried too hard.
From the horrendous jersey numbers to the “ATL” being plastered across the chest, the jerseys screamed of Nike’s modern design. And like other teams who went down that road, they are hopefully coming out the other side with better uniforms.
I will say that the one thing I did like on the soon-to-be previous uniforms was that the away jerseys had black numbers, as they used to have with classic Falcons uniforms. Aside from that, I very much disliked them. Something else we never got to see was them wearing the red pants, as teased in their uniform introductions in 2020. I broke it down in the tweet that’s linked, but essentially they couldn’t due to the stripes on the side, which hopefully will also be going away.
In all, this is an exciting time for Falcons fans, as a new regime will be coming in along with new uniforms. It could be the beginning of a new era. I am anxiously nervous though because there’s no guarantee that these uniforms will be an upgrade, although, it’s certainly not a high bar to clear. I’ve been very vocal about my fandom for the Falcons throwbacks, a design mirroring their 1966-1969 look. They seem to give the Falcons some sort of “red helmet energy” as the team is 16-3 when wearing the throwbacks since 2009, and Bijan Robinson’s two longest runs (93 and 81 yards) have come while wearing them.
I’m also interested to see if the team updates the logo at all, I’d be a fan of simplifying it to be closer to their original design.
Anytime the Falcons wear their throwbacks, Falcons fans and fans of other teams commonly say “make them permanent.” Now we just have to hope they listened, or at least paid attention to what the fans want considering we are the ones buying the jerseys after all.
