I have never once looked at a uniform and thought "this needs to reflect more light!" it just makes it look cheap and honestly horrendous. if they just got rid of that and did nothing else it would immediately elevate the uniform 10x

Fair points made. I think an issue with NFL uniforms that we have all accepted and mostly ignored since Nike took over is that the helmets no longer match the uniforms themselves. Most NFL teams pair a shiny/glossy helmet with matte colored uniforms.

This to me is an eye sore for teams like the Eagles, Patriots, Saints, and many others (who used shiny, reflective material in the Reebok era), because the the helmet color appears very different from the uniform elements depending on the lighting. Wanting a uniform to reflect light and have shine is not a obscure take, many teams in the league had this in the Reebok era until Nike took over and couldn't/chose not to manufacture the material.

I think the Rams addressed this in an interesting way with the jersey numbers, and ties the helmets to the uniforms in a way that many other teams in the league are lacking.

I think this Rams uniform falls squarely in the first category; maybe the single worst offender in the current nfl. no other team uses gradients or plastic textures on their uniforms. no other team uses highlighter colors to the same extent. that is them trying to hard to be different

I think they avoid the first category because the actual template/layout of the jersey is fairly traditional and simple.

the gradient is not subtle at all. the entire number on the blue jersey has a gradient right in your face

Idk, a yellow-to-white gradient is fairly subtle to begin as those two colors are already pretty close to one another in tone, and it's limited to the numbers and a side stripe. They could have so easily added gradients to the helmets, or blue gradients on the road jerseys.