It wasn’t long ago that I would have been staunchly against the Detroit Lions wearing black jerseys of any kind. After all, Honolulu blue and silver are great team colors, and the black jerseys seemed to only bring up sad feelings from a bygone age of Lions’ football. However, those feelings were before Lions coach Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes got to town, and turned the franchise into one of the NFL’s best. It also helps that the Lions got almost everything right when they revamped their jersey designs back in 2024.
The black jerseys, along with the alternate helmet, give the Lions a really cool look they can roll out. Since the NFL has loosened up on some of their uniform policies over the years, including how many times teams are permitted to wear their alternates, franchises are able to get more creative with their week-to-week looks. And for a team like the Lions that have a boatload of nationally-televised matchups on their schedule, they will have to pick which games make the most sense for them to bring out their, “Motor City Muscle,” look.
My answer: If it were up to me, I am going with the Lions’ Week 6 matchup in primetime against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the “Thursday Night Football” game against the Dallas Cowboys on December 4, and the Sunday night game on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs on October 12.
What about you? Which games would you want the Lions to rock their black jerseys this season and why? Let us know in the comments below.
