For some fans, the N.F.L. game on Thursday night did not become unwatchable when the Jets committed two turnovers in a two-minute span or bungled a late comeback attempt. Or even when the Buffalo Bills punter muffed a snap.
The televised action started harassing E. J. Arnold’s eyes far earlier. As in, at the opening kickoff.
“It was just a shock to my system,” he said.
Arnold is among that subset of the population with red-green colorblindness, and the all-green uniforms worn by the Jets and the all-red ones of the Bills turned the viewing experience into headache-inducing misery.