Look Close: The Detroit Lions Logo is Not Anatomically Correct

The Detroit Lions have been true Monsters of the Midway in the NFC North over the last several seasons. They are the Honolulu Blue People Eaters. But for all of the team's swagger and braggadocio about biting kneecaps, there is a, um, symbol of virility that appears to be missing from the team's logo.

How to say this? The lion would be roaring in soprano not baritone or bass.

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The observation came up recently on the NFCNorthMemeWar subreddit on Reddit, a friendly, if often sophomoric, spot to banter for Lions, Bears, Packers and Viking fans. A member asked (some mildly NSFW content at the link), Can You Call It a Pride if They’re All Neutered?

Of course no sports team would include detailed genitalia in its logo, but it's an entertaining musing to consider.

While most fans came for the jokes, and Lions fans countered asking why so many where spending time thinking about cartoon animal nether regions, one person gave a plausible explanation about where the Lion bits are:

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The Lion is pouncing which indicates forward movement, physics would surmise that the genitalia probably shifted back behind the hind leg during the sudden movement

and another:

They're... Behind the leg? Why the hell would they be that far forward lol.
Like i get where you're trying to take this post...
Have you never seen a cats belly before?

So the logo may have been drawn to be family friendly or perhaps the bits are there but just obscured by how the Lion presents itself.

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