An image of what appears to be a new helmet logo for the Dolphins recently emerged, via the fan site DolfansNYC.com.
On Wednesday, Dolphins CEO Mike Dee addressed the rumored logo leak on Twitter, without specifically denying that the leaked image is the new logo.
“Lots of buzz re logos,” Dee said. “Love the passion! We continue to explore a # of design alternatives…final decision by Draft.”
Of course, he didn’t admit it, either. It’s possible that the logo is simply one of several potential choices.
Either way, change is coming for the Dolphins. Their fans surely would prefer that change come in the form of improved performance.
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For some reason i never really liked the dolphins logo and i don’t think this one is any better. Of course I’m a browns fan .
I beg you. Please do not go to this hideous logo. Please!
There are a few mockups of this logo on helmets and I think it looks great in that context. We’ll see with the uniforms.
Oh, here: http://i.imgur.com/cDWNx.jpg
This looks good too: http://i3.minus.com/ibyUFCiyIYkN2p.png
How about a dolphin caught in a tuna net…that would represent the organization’s unwavering struggles.
*crickets*
It’s not sticking a fin down its throat, that’s a positive.
The Dolphins have an iconic logo, they should update it slightly not abandon it.
I get it. It’s a dolphin. Pretty radical.
It’s just as well they leaked it. If they’d kept the secret better I’ll bet people really would have been incredibly shocked.
It’s best they break this to people as gently as possible.
(As a side note, I’ll bet these guys get sick of being confused with doll-fans.com)
Roger Goodell has already fined the logo for not wearing its helmet.
Mike, at first I thought this was just another attempt at dissing the Dolphins by you but then I thought about it and change in the form of improved performance would be kind of nice. They could wear burlap sacks and collanders for helmets for all I care, bring on a winning season and a playoff game for starters. Go Fins!
why mess with a historic logo..that “new one” looks stupid..look at all the teams that havent changed their logos at all, now count their lombardis and see if you still wanna change your logo!
intentional leak. team doesn’t have backbone to decide. common these days in sports… sms
Who gives. I hate when teams change logos. Its a distraction from the game.
Very boring. Looks like a dolphin. Not a whale. Nose could be a little longer.
The name dolphins and the logo of a dolphin is not really a tough image. They might as well just give the dolphin a face with a angry snarl. RRRRRrrrrr, I’m a bottle nose dolphin… Jesus, just move the team to LA already and the soft logo will go with the soft fan base. Not that the shoe doesn’t already fit.
HAHAHA
I cant even imagine a new logo. But change is inevitable I guess. Breaks my heart.
Seriously… Mike Dee is his real name? No accents over the “e” or anything like that to make it prounouce funny? He should be a rapper.
Nobody cares
The only change that needs to be done is better performance on Sundays. Resign Bush at the right price, have a solid draft, and pick up some good free agents this offseason. Miami has one of the better looking logos in the league anyway. A win against the Pats this Sunday would be a change. Go Fins!
No more mini helmet on the dolphin? Thumbs down.
Old ones better
weak logo needs an eye or something. they need to just leave it if that’s the new one.
It looks okay to me!
It kinda looks like a jumbo jet…
I like the old logo with the helmeted sea mammal…
That logo looks awful…worse than the team they’ve put on the field these last several years
Leave my fking logo alone.
When do the Dolphins have to submit the final logo by (did you say November Mike?) and can they submit more than one “final logo?”
looks like nothing more than a rough draft. regardless, it is INFINITELY better than their current cartoon Dolphins logo.
I like it. Bigger and bolder dolphin that shows speed.Simple but effective.
Terrible
Hey…Dolphins fan here, since the glory days of 70′s. Who gives a %&&% about new logos? Losers, that’s who. Win some $%^damn games if you want to sell merchandise!
Ross already changed the Dolphins theme song, now he is going to change the logo. For Ross the image/sounds/celeberties are more important than the quality of play on the field.
LoL, that looks like an airbrush tattoo from the fair. I can’t believe anyone in the hypersensitive NFL would promote a dolphin playing without its helmet. Clearly that dolphin needs to be protected from itself, hehehe
The Miami Flippers. Yup, sounds good, looks good!!
Bengals fan here, and I’m not diggin’ it.
The Phins should stick with their old logo, as it has a ton of tradition behind it. Plus the new one does look like a cheap tattoo of a jumbo jet. Do Dolphins fans really want a logo that looks like a Jet? Just sayin.
How about a color change? Enough with the teal and orange already.
i love the dolphins logo the way it is now. im a dolphins fan and like the article says i want a change on the football field, not the logo. I will be disappointed if the logo changes even though that seems inevitable
Better than a dolphin wearing a helmet!
I kind of like it. Its more realistic than the old one. Dolphins don’t really wear helmets. Ultimately the decision should be made by Don Shula and Dan Marino, and in case of a tie Zach Thomas could be called in.
I can’t wait to see them lose in this logo too!
Drew Brees would like an explanation.
Ocho Cinco would like to use this logo in his Madden online games.
the fins take one step forward then 10 steps back. LEAVE THE LOGO ALONE PLEASE!!!! Update the stadium, update the pants, maybe the jersey and the “miami” in the endzone but please leave the logo alone. I wouldn’t mind seeing us wear our throwbacks sometimes either…like the uniforms Griese wore with the grey facemask back in the 70s.
From a design perspective, it is a well designed logo. But it is a logo that does not go with the sport of football. It is something I would design for a save the dolphins organization and not a something I would do for a football team. I have seen logos designed by fans that would be more fitting. In fact I wonder why they didn’t hold a logo contest. Would have been a great way to get fans to feel as part of the team.
Alright, posted this last night, and like most posts lately, it’s magically disappeared. I say do a total overhaul. Go with the name from Any Given Sunday of the Miami Sharks. Change the colors to grey, blood red, and white. The Dolphins have done nothing meaningful as a team since the 70′s, time to put them out to pasture.
Donald Ross grew up a Jets fan. Now he is turning our logo into the Jets Logo. Next he will hire Fireman Eduardo to work the stands.
Terrible.
Biggest question I have is how did they get every person at the game in the pic above because that’s about the attendance they’ve had at their games this year
The Miami Free Willys! They could run out to that Michael Jackson song from the soundtrack!
A blind dolphin?
A metaphor for the team’s front office these days.
I like the bottom one:
http://forums.utsandiego.com/showthread.php?p=4874769
I’m not against to change as long as its for the right reasons and it’s an improvement. I don’t like at all what has been leaked and I’ve been a Dolphins fan for over 40 years.
What I would really like to see is for the team to go retro and bring back the old 1972 look! Maybe that would bring some good mojo with it and get us back to being a feared power in the AFC!
The current coaching staff has the Fins heading in the right direction and maybe bringing back that historic uniform and logo would put them over the top. I mean after all, any real football fan that sees that old logo knows who it belongs to and that it still stand for PERFECTION to this day. GO DOLPHINS!!
Butt ugly!
This is horrendous why change something that is perfectly fine. Think of all the merchandise of the old logo, and no one will want to buy this piece of garbage.
the Phins need new everything…. logo… stadium… uniforms…. players…..
good news: the have got a PILE of picks this year…
now if some of the college guys Ireland picks actually work out…..
Love the fins just wish we would get an owner that has a clue or that understood football tradition.
Instead of looking to make a buck. You want to change the logo… go back to the 80′s logo that way you can still make your money and keep the tradition going.
and for those of you who don’t like the logo… go find another team. It shows the lack of football knowledge. Worried about a logo… Really??? Please become a Jets fan.
honestly for those that want the logo change is that freaking thing any better???????
This franchise is starting to become a joke around the league.
Got another great idea focus on winning instead of changing the logo. Are you going to put people in the stands by changing the logo? Get a clue ownership.
PS I’ll be in the night club at dolphins stadium if you want to talk about it. unbelievable
They should just have a vote from the fans. Have the final five logos judged!
What would the Browns know about a logo? They have the grossest uniforms in sports.
Terrible logo, sucks big time. They should ask the fans if we like it and they should be working in getting new play makers, not fricking logos…..
^Intentional leak*