Whereas we caught our first glimpse of the jerseys thanks to a leak earlier in the day, the Detroit Lions formally unveiled their new uniforms on Thursday night.
The Honolulu blue dwelling jerseys characteristic white numbers with silver trim, in addition to sleeve stripes which are harking back to the racing stripes on a Ford Mustang and the vertical bars within the Lions’ 1961-69 brand, which was displayed on their Honolulu blue alternate helmet last season.
That design is carried over to the white street and black alternate jerseys, although they prominently show “Detroit” and “Lions” wordmarks on the chest, respectively. The stripes are silver and white on the Honolulu blue jersey however blue and silver on the white and black jerseys.
The numbers on all three jerseys are perforated, as properly, which makes Detroit the third staff within the NFL with this characteristic, becoming a member of the Arizona Cardinals and Washington Commanders. They’ll quickly be joined by the Houston Texans, who are set to unveil their new uniforms on April 23.
All three jerseys are full with a tagline contained in the again collar, together with “One Pride” on the Honolulu blue dwelling jersey, “313” – Detroit’s space code – on the white street jersey and “Motor City” on the black alternate jersey. The within of the collar can also be contrasting on the white and black jerseys.
The Lions’ silver helmets, in the meantime, now embody a Honolulu blue facemask, identical to they did from 1984-2002, in addition to the identical striping sample because the sleeves, albeit in Honolulu blue and white.
The Honolulu blue alternate helmets stay within the rotation, as properly, however they now embody Bubbles – the Lions’ main brand’s nickname – rendered in black, in addition to black and white stripes down the middle.
The uniforms are full with silver, Honolulu blue, white and black pants choices, permitting the Lions to combine and match to create completely different combos. Nonetheless, solely the silver pants have stripes that match the sample on their silver helmets.
Of observe, this marks the primary black jersey for Detroit for the reason that 2005-07 seasons. Additionally they unveiled an all-black Shade Rush set in 2016, however it was by no means worn as a result of they didn’t play on Thursday Night time Soccer that yr – an preliminary requirement of the league-wide promotion.
Detroit subsequently unveiled new uniforms in 2017, together with an anthracite Shade Rush set, which is why the all-black Shade Rush set by no means noticed the sector because the NFL ultimately allowed groups to put on the alternate uniforms at any level within the season.
That was the final time the Lions up to date their uniform wardrobe, although they added the Honolulu blue alternate helmet to the rotation final season – and paired it with the anthracite Shade Rush set – after the league did away with the one-helmet rule in 2022.
Along with the uniforms revealed on Thursday evening, the Lions will proceed to put on their throwback uniforms that pay homage to the groups of the Nineteen Fifties for one sport every season. They’ll merely take away the decals from their grey helmets to finish the look.
