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Utah Plurals. Who do I see about my check?

No, I'm not. You're wrong here in thinking every instance of striping within the uniform has to slavishly match every other instance. How about this... the stripes on the blue jersey match the stripes on the blue pants. The stripes on the white jersey match the stripes on the white pants. And the stripes on the silver helmet match the stripes on the silver pants. Round of applause, take a bow, high fives all around, end of story.

Looks more like a U of Buffalo Bulls uniform than anything

Being at the reveal party, they for sure have a silver sheen to them that is not easy to see in most of the pictures.

As I was saying...

As others have said, it’s the perfect Panthers uniform. I’m fine with it for the Lions, but would love it for the Panthers.

A fart sums up his GM days with the 49ers too damn well.

maybe. But it doesn’t look like Detroit at all.

I know its BFBS but this looks incredible Blue/Black/Blue/Black

If the Jets and Lions actually have shiny fabric pants, we are so back.

One of the things I'll never get tired of around here is someone saying an opinion is wrong.

That home blue is gorgeous. May have to pick one up. The away really needs silver pants. maybe I’ll like the helmet better if it’s not so over saturated blue in real life

Honestly how I feel. I do think if they got rid of the word mark on the chest and added blue pants to the black jersey I think the contrast would’ve been better for the blue helmets. Plus no more word marks interfering with the stripes make this a win in my books. 9/10

It looks like the Silver pants might:

Scattered thoughts on the Lions: The color grading is a factor, but the white accents in the stripes really jump off the page. I like the effect, but I can see why other people would prefer the last set's color balance better. You don't realize how much a mediocre custom font drags down a set until it's replaced with block. Big improvement. Striping system is a success. Wish more of the pants had stripes - matching the stripes shouldn't be a problem. If the Bengals can have two sets of white pants then the Lions can have two sets of blue pants. Not sure how to feel about the blue facemasks. The blue being lighter than it was the last time they had them makes it look different. Not sure I would've gone for that glossy of a finish, either. At first I thought the silver pants were shinier, but I think it's just the lighting? Tough to say. Anyway, the reflective shade used on the jerseys looks great. The black uniform is unnecessary, but it's competently designed. I'm not going to bother hating it. I don't get the hate for the chest wordmarks. They're not obnoxiously large or anything - I'd rather they be this size than the tiny EAGLES mark that's debuting this year. I wish the blue jersey had one just to be consistent. And my thoughts on the Texans: There are many things that are obviously bad, but in spite of that, there are a few smaller details that are... just as bad. Why are there three shades of blue? Why is the star subtly different than the one in their primary logo? Why is it on the right of the H when it's on the left of the Texas flag? Why didn't they clean up that blob of red outline under the serif in the top-left corner? I'd be more willing to go along with this direction if it didn't feel like they flubbed the execution.

The problem appears that they wish to wear blue pants both on the road and with the black jersey. But if they use the same stripe pattern as the blue jersey, it would be a silver and white stripe, whereas the new blue helmet uses a silver and black stripe. So their option was to go stripeless. I think the better option would have been to use proper stripes on the blue and white pants and only use black pants with the black jersey, but I don’t necessarily think the blue pants look bad. The white pants are unnecessary.

Final verdict for me: Block numerals and lettering No black on home/road uniforms No more sleeve nonsense interrupting the stripes They went for it on the black uniforms and the revised blue helmet. My biggest problem with all the prior black uniforms for the Lions was that there was never enough blue, and I always feared having a blue lion on a blue helmet would be invisible. By darkening the decals to black-and-silver, they were able to balance the look into something that actually works and is unique. The Blue/Black/Blue/Black alternate is something I hope we see. Nothing specific, but these uniforms showed that the Lions had a clear vision of who they are and what they wanted to look like. They weren’t pushed around by Nike or the NFL. Blue facemask. This is a personal preference and probably unpopular, but the honolulu blue facemask is just too bright/loud for me… It dominates the eye. It’s less noticeable on the simpler masks, but when you get to the more complex lineman masks, it’s WAY too much blue (at the very least, I would like the Lions to bring back the silver masks from the throwbacks and swap them in and out like the Browns did in recent years to keep the looks fresh). The chest wordmarks are too large and unnecessary, but beyond that, the wordmarks being the only italicized thing on the uniform will drive my OCD through the roof. I would have preferred a new wordmark to match this set (especially one that uses an uppercase N). Black pants. Unbalances the alternate uniform and can’t be worn with anything else. White pants. Downgrade from the normal silver pants and are over-worn. The striping pattern is a little too complex and doesn’t translate as well from the home jersey (white numbers w/silver stripes) to the road or alt uniform (blue numbers w/ blue stripes) or helmet. If they just went with the simpler | thin | thick blue | thin | thick blue | thin | stripe scheme (or just added white/silver between the northwestern stripe of the last set) it would applicate a little better across all mediums. Do they also feel a little narrow to anyone else? I prefer the chunky width of the last set. Blue pants. The ideal scenario is two sets of blue pants – one set with the normal home stripe pattern and another to match the alternate blue helmet – but if we have to choose, I’m fine making the trade off of stripes for being able to wear them with everything. All in all, they’re a significant upgrade from the last set and they cleaned up almost all the trouble spots. These new uniforms get a rave review from this Lions fan… (or, 8.9 out of 10)

The Lions were so close to the perfect new uniform set. All they needed to do was ditch BFBS and have only one pants/sock option: silver pants, blue socks. They really didn't need anything else. And I agree with others who've said that while mono-blue wasn't in the official reveal, it'll most likely be the most common home combo, with all white being the most common road combo. I think these uniforms likely join the club of great in a vacuum, but ruined by poor combo choices.

1. Maybe the Lions should have their own thread at this point? 2. Do the pants have a little sheen to them? Or is it the same drab flat gray? Some of the pics make it look like they may be at least slightly metallic.

Oof. That makes if even worse. If it's just started now, then it sounds like they're ripping off Cleveland. But, if you're going to keep changing hashtags every year, eventually you're going to run out.

Yes the huge WCF and Lions Wordmark going through the stripes are what I saw when I was 10 years old, when I saw Barry Sanders juking and jiving through defenses like butter.. God forbid something fresh and clean is superior to the darker blue and those silver uniforms

I fear the Jets and Lions may have jumpstarted a “what’s old is new again” uniform renaissance. I suppose I’ll just have to give in and accept the inevitable Dolphins modern classics at any moment.

What a dork. 80 year old playing Snoop Dogg cosplay