Denver Broncos Uniforms: Switching to Orange Unis Proof Team Cares About Fans

What do you think about when the Denver Broncos are brought up?

John Elway? Mile High salute? Terrell Davis? Floyd Little? Shannon Sharp? Mike Shanahan?

All of those are acceptable answers, but the main thing I think of is a color.

That color is orange.

Since the days of the old “orange crush” defense, the Broncos always sported the trademark bright orange jerseys that the fans had grown to love.

Yet in recent yeas, those jerseys have turned into the “alternate” uni that takes a backseat to the more modern looking predominately blue jersey.

Not any more.

For the first time in 2011, the Denver Broncos made a move to please their fans.

The NFL has officially approved the move back to the brunt orange uniforms. Mike Kils of the Denver Post has the details:

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The team will not change the current design—the orange jerseys you saw the Broncos wear in the opener against the Raiders will be the same design in 2012.

Beginning next year, the Broncos will wear the orange for eight or nine of their 10 home games, including preseason. The dark blue jersey, which had been the team's predominant home look since the 1997 season, will be worn by the Broncos for one or two home games.

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Broncos president Joe Ellis told Kils, "This is what our fans wanted, and we're going to accommodate their wishes starting with 2012.”

The Broncos franchise has been a very loyal group over the years that really care about tradition. Orange was their predominant home color from 1962 through 1996 and a big group of the fanbase misses it.

With the constant chants for Tim Tebow to play going on deaf ears, it’s nice to see that the franchise is paying attention to their fans in at least one aspect of the operation.

This isn’t magically going to solve all of the issues with their defense and running game…but it’s certainly something to point to when people say the organization doesn’t care about its fans.