Joe Flacco happy to avoid wearing Ravens' gold pants

There aren't many upsides to suffering a season-ending knee injury, but Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has managed to find a silver lining to his disappointing 2015 season.

The Ravens wore perhaps the ugliest pants in NFL history in their Week 15 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and Flacco said Thursday on 98 Rock that he was relieved that he wasn't forced to wear them.

"Yeah, that was the one game that I was happy I was not playing," said Flacco, according to Sarah Ellison of the Ravens' official site.

The gold pants - which were meant to be a nod to the color on the Ravens' logo - were not well received by fans.

"Honestly, I’m all for new uniforms," said Flacco. "We've been wearing the same uniforms since I've been here and 10 years before that. I'm all for a little switch up, but I think we have to put that in the hands of some very good artists."

Flacco tore his ACL in Week 11, capping off one of the worst seasons in Ravens' history. However, the franchise passer has indicated that he feels he'll be ready to play at the start of next season.