Jaguars' Fresh Look Shows Well Against Rain, Dirt Infield, Dolphins

As they gritted out an ugly 12-9 loss at Miami Monday night, the Jaguars had their first chance to evaluate several offseason additions in a game situation. Torry Holt caught his first pass from David Garrard, a 10-yard first down in the first quarter. Tra Thomas helped keep Dolphins linebackers Jason Taylor and Joey Porter sackless. And their new uniforms looked great. Back in April, the Jaguars' redesigned look was criticized harshly by ESPN.com contributor Paul Lukas, whose "Uni Watch" blog claims to "[deconstruct] the finer points of sports uniforms in obsessive and excruciating detail." Dubbing Jacksonville's updated kit "the emperor's new clothes," Lukas mocked the uniforms piece by piece. "The old [jersey felt] rich and organic," he wrote, "while the new one feels mechanistic and plain." Against the Dolphins, though, the new shirts looked far from strange on the football field. They took well to dirt, bearing the p...