Don't adjust your TV: Just the new NFL uniforms

St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley, left, runs with the ball as Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end William Gholston tries to make the tackle during the second quarter of an NFL football game on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Credit: L.G. Patterson

Credit: L.G. Patterson

St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley, left, runs with the ball as Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end William Gholston tries to make the tackle during the second quarter of an NFL football game on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

If you watched the St. Louis Rams take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on NFL Network on Thursday (and seriously, why?), your plasma screen hasn't gone on the fritz, nobody has dropped anything in your drink, you haven't developed cataracts, and you aren't at a Pink Floyd concert.

Those are the NFL "Color Rush" uniforms, a marketing play by the league to enhance interest in its lineup of Thursday night games. Since week 10, the Thursday night NFL Network game has featured teams in what the Sporting News called a "vibrant version" of the teams primary colors.

Not surprisingly, these special jerseys are for sale. Nike.com has an entire page dedicated to them. If you want the Rams version - vibrant yellow with blue striping and a hat tip to their helmets from the 80s and 90s - you can pay $70 for a kids version or $150 for the adult. Or you can get a job with a highway construction crew and have roughly the same look. The Buccaneers jerseys feature more red than an episode of Game of Thrones.

To call the Color Rush jersey a massive wardrobe malfunction would be an understatement. During a New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills game in November, hundreds of fans complained to the league they couldn't tell the teams apart because they are color blind. According to CBSSports.com's report, 8 percent of men are red/green color blind and couldn't tell one team from the other.

The NFL has used special edition jerseys for years, going back to 1994, when the league celebrated its 75th anniversary with "throwback" uniforms. You could watch David Klingler in the orignal Bengals uniforms of the 70s, or see what Troy Aikman would look like dressed as Don Meredith. At the time it was fun, featuring uniforms of the past, seeing teams play in jerseys from before you were born.

Then came University of Oregon, the alma mater of Nike's Phil Knight, and out came endless arrays of uniform combinations - some say in the 100s - making the Ducks locker room attendant position one of the highest stressing career options in North America.

So if you like your team colors vibrant, the NFL has you covered. Now, if they can explain what constitutes a catch, that would brighten the game for most of the fans.

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