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It was not too long ago that there was a lot of speculation about the Detroit Lions getting new uniforms for the 2023 season. But that chatter was shut down when Lions team president Rod Wood told reporters that the team would not be getting new uniforms in 2023, but they would be adding an alternate helmet to the mix. We now know when the Lions will be unveiling their new helmet.
Detroit Lions Announce Unveiling Date For New Alt Helmet
Just moments ago, the Lions tweeted that they will be unveiling their alternate helmet on Wednesday, June 21.
The Lions Won’t Get New Uniforms Until 2024
Back in February, Rod Wood told reporters that the Lions will not get new uniforms until 2024, but when they do, it will be an “interesting overhaul.”
“There will not be new uniforms in 2023,” Wood said. “I know people get over their skis on that. It takes really two years to really get it going, so (Lions chief communications and brand officer) Brian (Facchini) and a team have been kind of working with Nike, looking at uniforms that will probably be for 2024. It could be an interesting overhaul of the uniforms. We will have a new alternative helmet though this year. We didn’t do that (last season).”
New Detroit Lions Helmet To Be Paired With Specific Uniform
The Detroit Lions are set to have a new alternate helmet in 2023 and a complete uniform overhaul in 2024. In the previous season, the NFL introduced a fresh regulation that granted teams the ability to incorporate a second alternate helmet alongside their designated classic, alternate, or Color Rush jerseys. For instance, the Detroit Lions don their all-gray Color Rush uniforms, consisting of a gray jersey and gray pants, while their so-called classic uniforms are sporadically worn on Thanksgiving Day.
While the new helmet design has not been revealed, it is expected to look significantly different than the current silver helmet the Lions wear with the Lions logo on the side and blue striping down the middle. The NFL requires alternate helmets to feature a logo from the team’s history, and teams cannot create a new logo specifically for the helmet.
“We take the logos off, so I guess you maybe have three helmets because you have the traditional, then you take the logos off for the throwback, then we’ll have that for the grays,” Wood said in February. “And then in 2024, we might have some additional uniforms, alternate, that we can wear it with.”
