Lions prove how tough they'll be by giving their logo some teeth

[2muchcoffeeman]

In other words, "Sure, we still suck, but buy a T-shirt and a cap to get the new rougher, tougher, studlier logo! Woohoo!" :

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?num=0&id=4083796

 

[Trey Beamon]

I'm just glad the Lion has eyes.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Appears to have shamelessly ripped off Scar from The Lion King.

"Mr. Ford, there are some folks from Disney on the phone for you."

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Priorities, man. Priorities.

 

[doubledown68]

The teeth should be worth at least two wins, tops.

 

[The Big Ragu]

They first considered keeping the old logo. ... and adding the logos of the other NFL teams humping it.

 

[Trey Beamon]

The logo isn't too bad. The lettering, though, is horrid.

 

[dooley_womack1]

This is sad. What's next, stylizing the Green Bay G?

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

What a great idea, Mr. Ford. Because it was the old logo that caused you to lose 16 games last year.

It wasn't the players on the field, it wasn't the coaching.

It was the logo. You figured it out. Congratulations.

 

[Batman]

While the logo is changing, the team's costumes mascot will remain the same:

 

[I Should Coco]

While the logo is changing, the team's costumes mascot will remain the same:

Nicely done.

 

[heyabbott]

Appears to have shamelessly ripped off Scar from The Lion King.

"Mr. Ford, there are some folks from Disney on the phone for you."

Ford to Disney
Drop Dead

 

[DanOregon]

They never should have screwed with it in the first place - give me the old school Lions logo and unis over the Millen era logo any day.

 

[Diabeetus]

First order of business should have been getting rid of the black unis.

 

[bostonbred]

Appears to have shamelessly ripped off Scar from The Lion King.

"A shining new era...is tiptoeing nearer..."

 

[KP]

Shouldn't the tail be between the legs?

 

[Norman Stansfield]

The best part of the story:

"...at a news conference Monday attended by dozens of fans."

Classic.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I'm just glad the Lion has eyes.

You can't hide your Lion eyes
And your smile has been disguised

 

[Football_Bat]

If you stare at the Lions lettering long enough, you'd swear you could see 0-16 embedded in it like the 11 in the Big Ten logo.

 

[Mark2010]

It's all about marketing.

Not bad. similar to what the Dolphins, Cardinals, Seahawks,49ers, Eagles and others have done, keeping the basic design and just tweaking it a bit.

But, yeah, wish they would ditch the black uniforms with the blue numerals.