Lions president Rod Wood: 'Fans are going to like' new rivalry uniform
The Detroit Lions are waiting till the NFL schedule is released in May to determine how many times they'll wear their new rivalry uniforms this fall.
PHOENIX – The Detroit Lions are waiting for the 2026 NFL schedule release before deciding when to wear their new rivalry uniforms this fall, but outgoing Lions president Rod Wood told the Free Press – in a wide-ranging interview Sunday, March 29, before the league's annual spring meeting – he's confident fans will enjoy the new look. "I know what it looks like and I think fans are going to like it," Wood said. "It’s pretty cool.
It connects to our uniform but it’s, like you saw some of the ones last year, it’ll add little wrinkle to things. " Wood declined to say how much the new uniforms deviate from the Lions' current color scheme of Honolulu Blue and silver. BEST BUDS: Lions' Dan Campbell on relationship with Brad Holmes: 'We're golden' He previously said in an interview with WXYT-FM (97.
1) the uniforms, which the league unveiled for the eight teams in the NFC West and AFC East last fall, were "consistent with us but [with] a little bit of a modern twist to it. " "I’ll probably get kicked out of the league if I said [what they look like]," Wood said Thursday. "Actually, what are they going to do to me now?
" Wood announced his retirement as Lions president in February and sat down with the Free Press for more than an hour Sunday to discuss his legacy as team president, what comes next for him after 10½ seasons in Detroit and other team business. He said the league has asked who the Lions plan to wear their new uniforms against this fall, but he added he doesn't want to make that decision until the schedule is released in May. Teams can only wear their rivalry uniforms, Wood said, in a home game against a division rival - for the Lions, the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings or Chicago Bears.