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Why the Lions' helmets are blank silver on their Thanksgiving uniforms

The Detroit Lions are going with a simple uniform look on Thanksgiving Day.

Their helmets, which usually have a blue lion logo on them, are blank.

That's not a mistake. There wasn't someone who just left the logos at home. It's on purpose.

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Why are the Lions' helmets blank silver?

The Lions' helmets are intentionally left blank because they're a throwback choice.

As they often do, the Lions are wearing a whole throwback uniform for Thanksgiving.

They'll take on the Green Bay Packers in a classic Detroit Lions look.

That comes with the plain silver helmet.

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The Lions aren't the only NFL team rocking throwbacks on Thursday. In the second game of the day, the Dallas Cowboys will also break out a throwback look, which for them involves their cool white helmets.

For the Lions, though, it just means simplicity. The helmets are silver, and that's enough.

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