Arizona Cardinals are going dark against the Bengals with all black uniforms

Like Seal Team Six, the Arizona Cardinals are going dark against the Cincinnati Bengals with all black uniforms for the first time this season.

After donning red unis for three games and debuting new white threads last week in San Francisco the all-blacks make their debut in Week 5.

In recent years, for example, the likes of Ebere Eze and Ilias Chair have come through at the club, with the former on his way to becoming a Premier League star and potentially one for the England national team, too.

Chair remains at QPR, of course, along with other academy graduates such as Osman Kakay and Sinclair Armstrong.

But who could be the next Eze? The next Chair? The next QPR youngster to break through?

Below, we have looked at four youngsters currently on the books at the club that we think could have a bright future at Loftus Road.

The Cardinals rocked the black helmets during the preseason last year and on Thursday Night Football against the New Orleans Saints, the only home game they won last season

Hopefully, the new look provides some inspiration for a Cardinals team that is hoping to continue to build momentum after beating the Dallas Cowboys in Week 3 and hanging with the NFC West-leading 49ers through three quarters last week.

“They say when you have the black Air Forces on, they make you a menace. That’s what we’re trying to be this week,” defensive lineman Jonathan Ledbetter told reporters. “We like the threads. They say look good, feel good, play good, so we’re trying to do that.”

Cardinals take on the reeling Cincinnati Bengals who have limped out to a 1-3 start. The Bengals will be in their white jerseys with black pants and traditional black-striped, orange helmets.

 

One youngster on the books at QPR currently and that could be set for an exciting future at the club is Rayan Kolli.

Kolli, who is now 18, has been on the books of the club since he was eight years old, and signed his first professional contract with the club earlier this year.

That deal is set to last for two and a half years, and already this season, the winger has began to start making substitute appearances from the bench.

They are just short cameos for now, but in QPR’s current situation, they could do far worse than keep introducing a young talent like Kolli gradually into the side.

Centre forward Charlie Kelman is another player that could potentially go on to have an impact on the first team at QPR.

Like Kolli, he has also began to make the occasional appearance from the bench this season, with two Championship appearances to his name.

The key thing with Kelman compared to Kolli is that Kelman spent last season and indeed, some of the season before, out on loan in League Two and League One respectively.

That included scoring seven and assisting three for Leyton Orient as they won promotion to the third tier last season.

At 21, it feels like by the end of this season, Kelman really could have made his big breakthrough at Loftus Road.