The Minnesota Vikings Change Their Logo Just To Test How Perceptive You Are
The Minnesota Vikings organization has announced enhancements to their Norseman logo that speak “to the direction the team is heading while still preserving the tradition of the Norseman.” Translation: we paid some consulting firm to come up with some flowery crap, who then suggested we pay some of their artist buddies, and well, why not?
Do you remember those old brain teaser puzzles in school where you had to identify everything that was different in two pictures? You know, where one chair had only three legs, or the tooth brush in one picture didn’t have any bristles. Well, the Minnesota Vikings are fans of those two.
Let’s see if you can identify all the fun changes that they probably paid someone a lot of money to implement.
According to the team website, the logo change will not happen overnight, so you might see both. Will you notice? Merchandise with the exciting new Norseman will go on sale in March. Make sure you get yours so your friends don’t make fun of you for having the old one on a shirt instead. Your old stuff is now obsolete.
By the way, here are the answers to the changes:
1. The shape of the horns is slightly different, as is some shading on the horns;
2. The base of the horn has been changed to resemble the one on the helmets;
3. The facial lines have been thickened;
4. The gold is “now brighter and less brassy”;
5. The hair braid has been shortened;
6. The Vikings’ brow is now slightly more furrowed, signifying concern over trading Percy Harvin.

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February 14th, 2013 at 7:59 PM
Whatever. We’ll still suck.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:00 PM
He still looks constipated.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Still historically inaccurate so fuck them.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:02 PM
Not to be outdone, the Green Bay Packers updated their logo as well.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:03 PM
Should be Erik the Red for their logo
/discovered ‘Merica
February 14th, 2013 at 8:18 PM
NFC North, worst logos in football?
February 14th, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Thursday night. Where I sit at work and listen to the bittersweet lessons of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and mourn the end of football season.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:22 PM
AFC North could be worse.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:23 PM
interesting topic.
TP&H. Pretty solid.
Damn them torpedazz!
February 14th, 2013 at 8:25 PM
you a Spotify man, Scripty?
February 14th, 2013 at 8:29 PM
I like it. Sure, at first glance it’s not a radical change (but that’s a good thing IMO, read: the new metrosexual Dolphins logo).
The two key changes which are positives are: 1) Changing the horn shape to resemble the horns on the Vik’s helmet and 2) The shortening of the hair braid’s length — allowing the overall side profile to be resized larger (e.g. you get a free “resizing” of the logo without much of a cost — so they will look clearer on jerseys, etc).
February 14th, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Hmmm, worst NFL logos by division, interesting.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:34 PM
I’d go AFC North. The Titans is horrible, the Jaguars just changed theres to look even dumber, the Texans isnt anything special, and the Colts are the only decent one.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:35 PM
I agree Rondo
February 14th, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Doing some serious rethinking on it, not done, but NFC East is pretty damn bad. Yes I am docking Washington for racism.
February 14th, 2013 at 8:49 PM
Okay, on a scale of each logo for 1-4 pts and added them up. a 4 is pretty rare, only did a couple, should be timeless and definitive, 3 is pretty good, 2 is a gimme for not terrible and 1 is for terrible.
AFC South – 6
AFC North – 8
AFC East – 8
AFC West – 9
NFC South – 9
NFC North – 7
NFC East – 6 –
NFC West – 9
February 14th, 2013 at 8:57 PM
Worst: AFC South
Best: AFC West
February 14th, 2013 at 8:58 PM
You just ruined my night. I didn’t know they changed the logo. That thing is horrible.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:11 PM
Scripty..afc south maximum 5. Jags, titans, texans all 1. Colts 2
February 14th, 2013 at 9:12 PM
Yeah AFC South I meant above not North.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:15 PM
WTF the Dolphins new one is just, I dunno how to describe it. I loved the dolphin wearing the helmet, why change it? The Jaguars also changed theirs to look more feminine.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:17 PM
I know. God dammit.
/Starts looking for new team
February 14th, 2013 at 9:18 PM
I like the Texans one so I didnt give them the worst overall, they still tied. The Titans is like a homeless man came up with it.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:19 PM
And go figure they narrowed it down to 10 reader submissions, and the one that won the contest didn’t win Florida or even the United States. Got votes from 89 different countries.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:36 PM
Christ, it looks like a logo for like a Caribbean cruise line.
can’t really “discover” a place if people are already living there…
February 14th, 2013 at 9:41 PM
Wild Injuns aren’t people.
February 14th, 2013 at 9:45 PM
Meth, I think the “one” that is being distributed on the net is not the one it’s going to be. I think that may have been in the final logo, but it’s a horrible kept secret if they’re waiting until the draft to unveil it.
I think this will be the one they go with or pretty similar , IMO.
I hope they don’t get rid of the helmet, but it’s looking that way.
And Meth, you’ll never stop being a MIA fan.
http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/50dc7c92eab8ea485000001b-1200-288/2-444.jpg
February 14th, 2013 at 10:59 PM
I think this will be the one they go with or pretty similar , IMO.
February 14th, 2013 at 11:04 PM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/13/3232320/winner-named-in-miami-dolphins.html
And again, fuck you quotes.
February 14th, 2013 at 11:41 PM
The Cowboys logo is pretty far and away the most iconic in the NFL but I see you didn’t give it a 4, scripty. Show you’re work!
February 15th, 2013 at 1:55 AM
Welcome to the Miami Aquarium!
February 15th, 2013 at 7:52 AM
Couldn’t figure out how to lift Deadspin’s slider huh?