There is a good chance the Atlanta Falcons are going to look a lot better in 2026.
Does that have anything to do with their season-ending four-game winning streak, or the fact they wound up tied for the best record (8-9) in the NFC South? Nah. Could it be because they’re about to hire a new coach − John Harbaugh interviewed Monday − who’s going to guide them to the playoffs for the first time since 2017? Who’s to say?
Is it because they’re apparently − finally − scrapping their uninspiring uniforms this year? Yeeeesssss − at least that’s what they’ve led us to believe.
The team posted a short clip to its X account on Monday which showed someone yanking Atlanta’s current black jersey out of a locker, followed by an image of the current Falcons logo over the words ‘April 2026’ − April typically being a month when clubs tend to unveil new unis.
The Falcons switched to their current look − it features ‘ATL’ above the jersey numbers − in 2020, which included a widely panned alternate gradient red and black jersey that hasn’t been used since 2022. That was also the same year the NFL permitted secondary helmets, and the Falcons began heavily using throwbacks from the 1960s (which included a red helmet and the team’s original logo) in their uniform rotation.
The franchise switched to its current falcon logo in 2003, Michael Vick’s third season, and introduced the uniforms it primarily wore though the 2019 campaign − the ones worn during the team’s infamous meltdown against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 51.
Since the 1960s era throwbacks returned − those include black jerseys along with the red helmet, which has gold striping down the centerlines so the team could honor the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech − large swaths of the team’s fans have implored the Falcons to switch to them on a permanent basis or revert to the red jerseys and silver pants Atlanta wore in the late 1970s and 1980s.
