--- title: Miami Dolphins' Orange Uniforms Mocked by Twitter description: The Dolphins lost to the Bengals 22-7 in Thursday's NFL matchup, but those orange uniforms were the biggest embarrassment of the night. canonical: https://time.com/4514670/miami-dolphins-orange-uniforms-twitter/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-30T16:12:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:13.102Z og:title: The Internet Flipped Out Over the Dolphins' Orange Uniforms og:description: "Dolphins look like a bunch of undercooked buffalo wings" og:url: https://time.com/4514670/miami-dolphins-orange-uniforms-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce362fdd443c47aa/6988a82ea988ca10606b99b3/miami-dolphins.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Miami Dolphins v Cincinnati Bengals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Flipped Out Over the Dolphins' Orange Uniforms twitter:description: "Dolphins look like a bunch of undercooked buffalo wings" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce362fdd443c47aa/6988a82ea988ca10606b99b3/miami-dolphins.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Had Nothing Nice to Say About the Miami Dolphins' Bright Orange Uniforms > Sponsored content. 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Joe Robbins/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 30, 2016 4:12 PM UTC The [Miami Dolphins](http://time.com/4504132/michael-thomas-why-i-knelt/) lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 22-7 in Thursday’s [NFL](http://time.com/4432365/donald-trump-nfl-debate-schedule/) matchup, but that may not have been their biggest embarrassment of the night. After the team took the field at Paul Brown stadium, viewers almost immediately began to mock their uniforms, poking fun at the bright orange hue on [Twitter](http://time.com/4508578/disney-twitter-acquisition-reports/). The jerseys were part of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football “[Color Rush](http://www.nfl.com/photos/0ap3000000701993),” an initiative showcasing colors that are meant to pop on screen. **Some compared the uniforms to unattractive food items, including creamsicles and buffalo wings:** > [](https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/781647284622667777) > [](https://twitter.com/EricStangel/status/781663078891024384) > [](https://twitter.com/247Sports/status/781653295706337280) > [](https://twitter.com/zoowithroy/status/781645722332622852) > [](https://twitter.com/MarkLud12/status/781652205455732736) > [](https://twitter.com/billyb%5F43/status/781641016281538594) **While others had great movie references up their sleeves:** > [](https://twitter.com/CoachJasonRhine/status/781656025321578496) > [](https://twitter.com/KyleMiller1985/status/781652689012789248) > [](https://twitter.com/SportsGrid/status/781652342995349508) > [](https://twitter.com/yellmk/status/781640924954660864) **There were some political jokes:** > [](https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/781650620893790208) **And even a few health warnings:** > [](https://twitter.com/SportsBettingAG/status/781651259765948416) > [](https://twitter.com/sarahroemer/status/781677351364984833) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4514670/miami-dolphins-orange-uniforms-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4514670/miami-dolphins-orange-uniforms-twitter/"},"headline":"The Internet Had Nothing Nice to Say About the Miami Dolphins' Bright Orange Uniforms","datePublished":"2016-09-30T16:12:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:13.102Z","description":"\"Dolphins look like a bunch of undercooked buffalo wings\"","url":"https://time.com/4514670/miami-dolphins-orange-uniforms-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Internet","twitter","Football","NFL"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce362fdd443c47aa/6988a82ea988ca10606b99b3/miami-dolphins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce362fdd443c47aa/6988a82ea988ca10606b99b3/miami-dolphins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Miami Dolphins v Cincinnati Bengals","caption":"Miami Dolphins players take off from the line of scrimmage against the Cincinnati Bengals during the game at Paul Brown Stadium on September 29, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio.","creditText":"Joe Robbins/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4514670/miami-dolphins-orange-uniforms-twitter/","name":"The Internet Had Nothing Nice to Say About the Miami Dolphins' Bright Orange Uniforms"}}]}] ```