Aug. 28, 2026, 11:45 a.m. ET
After Detroit, alongside each different crew from each the NFC North and AFC South, revealed their 2026 Nike “Rivalries” uniforms for this upcoming season on Tuesday morning, see the place USA TODAY Sports activities ranked Detroit’s new units.
The Detroit Lions gave followers a first take a look at their new Nike Rivalries uniforms earlier this week.
Groups can put on their Nike Rivalries uniforms as soon as per season and it should be at house in opposition to a division opponent. The Lions will debut theirs on Nov. 1 in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings.
The reactions from Lions followers to Detroit’s new uniforms had been combined.
What about nationally? How did the Lions’ new Nike Rivalries uniforms stack up in opposition to the opposite seven new uniforms that had been unveiled for NFC North and AFC South squads?
USA TODAY Sports activities ranked all eight new uniforms. The Lions’ “Defend the Den” uniforms ranked No. 6.
Here is what USA TODAY Sports activities’ Nate Davis needed to say concerning the Lions new uniforms:
There’s nothing essentially offensive about it, and the “carbon-fiber-inspired” detailing on the jersey numbers, brand and helmet stripe are a brand new twist that nod to Motown’s automotive historical past. However… it additionally kinda appears like one thing the Carolina Panthers rejected within the growth section, together with the “Defend the Den” phrase written into the neckline.
And possibly the Lions are promoting all of it a bit too exhausting?
“Detroit was as soon as outlined by what it constructed,” the crew mentioned on its web site. “Now, it’s outlined by what it overcame; by its full refusal to give up. That mentality is mirrored by its individuals and its soccer crew, in the way in which they guard the locations they name house.
“Each opponent is an intruder.”
Sorry, however principally meh.
Whereas the Lions will discover it exhausting to separate themselves from the similarities between these uniforms and the Carolina Panthers‘ away jerseys, not less than they did not copy a collegiate program’s template whereas within the design course of.
Davis gave the Minnesota Vikings‘ new uniforms the highest rating, whereas the Chicago Bears‘ new uniforms got here in lifeless final.
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