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Could changes be on tap for the Detroit Lions logo?

(Mike Mulholland | MLive)

By now, you've probably heard the Detroit Lions are expected to have new alternative uniforms in 2016. But more significant changes could be afoot in 2017.

According to team president Rod Wood, every aspect of the team's uniform is under consideration for modification in a year, from the color scheme to the logo.

"I do want to look at our entire uniform, color scheme and look," Wood said in an interview with 105.1-FM Detroit on Thursday. "That's something that's also on the table, maybe an update to the regular uniform in 2017 as well."

A caller asked Wood about changing the logo, insisting the current version, updated in 2009, needs to be more realistic.

"I think everything is up for review with the uniform, but it does take a lot of lead time to make a change like that," Wood said. "I'll certainly consider it."

The league has stringent rules in place when it comes to updating uniforms. Wood said the NFL needs approximately a year's notice to approve any changes. Additionally, teams are only permitted to make alterations once every five years.

The Lions overhauled their look in 2009. The leaping lion logo was given additional detail to make it appear more ferocious. On the uniforms, the font and trim were updated.

With those changes, the team opted to stick with the color scheme of Honolulu blue, white with black accents. The black was originally added in 2003.

Wood also revealed the team is considered bringing back its throwback uniforms in 2017, the first time since the Thanksgiving game in 2010.

As for the alternative jerseys the Lions are expected to don sometime next season, Wood hinted they will be unveiled as part of a league-wide announcement attached to its Thursday night football series.

"We probably will be announcing, along with the rest of the league, a uniform, a third version of the uniform, that will probably be used during a Thursday night game or maybe Thanksgiving," Wood said. "It would not be a throwback uniform."

The NFL experimented with alternatives on Thursday night last season, with eight teams wearing "Color Rush" uniforms. Despite playing a pair of Thursday games in 2015, the Lions were not one of the participating franchises.

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