Complete deal: Detroit Lions successfully traded for Steelers Linebacker T.J. Watt to Replace Jared Goff due to His new contract with Commanders

Detroit Lions successfully traded for Steelers Linebacker T.J. Watt to Replace Jared Goff due to His new contract with Commanders

The NFL delivered a letter to teams earlier in April allowing them to add a third alternate helmet to their repertory of uniforms. Teams who planned to replace their uniforms in 2024 may include that third choice as early as this year. The third helmet might make its appearance in 2025 for everyone else.

This sparked a lot of conjecture that the Detroit Lions might unveil a third helmet option when they unveiled their new uniforms on Thursday night. The Lions did, however, disclose a modification to their alternate blue helmets; nonetheless, no third helmet for the 2018 campaign was disclosed.

During the ceremony, team president Rod Wood provided an explanation of the rationale.

Wood said, “No third helmet this year.” We most likely arrived too late.

For the 2024 season, the Lions will have three helmet choices, just to be clear. The silver helmets they usually wear, the new blue helmets that go exclusively with the black jerseys, and the silver helmets without decals that go with Detroit’s throwback outfits (which are still worn on game days) are all interchangeable. Wood made it clear that the choice for a retro helmet does not qualify as a third helmet.

“That’s just our identical helmet, so it’s not a (third) helmet.” We just remove the branding,” Wood stated.

Many have been questioning if Detroit may still use the blue helmet with the throwback emblem from the Lions’ alternative uniform from the previous season. As a gesture to the franchise’s 90th season in 2023, a club source verified that those are no longer in the rotation. Right now, the new alternative helmet with the black emblem is the only blue helmet available.

The good news for those who were unhappy that a second alternative helmet was not shown this year is that Wood hinted that it may be added in 2025.

Wood stated, “Maybe we’ll add something and put a little twist on something next year.” However, a lot was going on at the time, so we did what we could and will deal with it.