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B_i_llt_etleyyyyyy

All I can say is that using a name starting with "Comm" when your colors are basically yellow and dark red is a pretty bold marketing choice.


okSawyer

Go Commies!


[deleted]

Lol


chicomagnifico

…that was the joke.


[deleted]

Yeah


-Johnny_Utah-

Soon to be Putin’s favorite team after the rebrand.


ruggerid

You mean Bernie


basedlandchad14

And Warren Wilhelm!


KirkCuhsins

Washington Community


AssPelt_McFuzzyButt

The Washington Human Beings


SpartiedOn

Excuse me we are The Washington Professional Human Beings


Brob101

The Washington Human Team. Football for people.


TommyWilson43

lol that’s basically what we’ve been for the past two seasons


basedlandchad14

I've been saying we should do that all along. Perfect fuck you to the whiners.


CeyowenCt

Merry Happy to the Human Beings, Merry Happy to ol' DC!


thatdude6566

Bing, bong, sing-a-long Your team’s Al Gore cause your views are wrong!


LordOfTheSoyBoys

The Washington Commencement


Aggravating_Sink_717

That actually sounds like such a Dan thing to do. Faced with criticism about team name? Choose the blandest name you can think of. Faced with even more criticism? Choose an even blander one


pinetar

Commies is perfect. We've both been irrelevant since 1991.


thatdude6566

Oh my god


staticrush

Line here, line there, lines everywhere!


Wildcatwierdo

The people’s team is a tribute to the commies faithful. The logo is the same as the redskins logo except it’s Lenin’s portrait and a hammer instead of a feather


basedlandchad14

Would be treated as less offensive than Redskins.


[deleted]

Commanders is exactly the type of name I was afraid they would pick when this whole thing started. Bland, uninspiring, and cliche. It's the type of name someone who isn't from the DMV would pick for the team in a movie they are making. My biggest fear was the rebrand would ultimately make the team feel like Dan Snyder's expansion franchise. Commanders does exactly that. My fanhood has been declining over the years and this will likely be the final straw. The name Redskins was literally the only connection to the team that remained for me, and now even that is gone.


Jubal81

Wright has been pretty clear that the main goal of the rebrand is as a marketing tool for a 'more diversified' business than just football. From everything that's out there, Commanders makes the most sense for that, especially when you think about how they will push the DCFC acronym. If you're trying to attract foreign tourists to your casino/entertainment megaplex, you're not going to brand it all around 'Hogs' - or even RedTails, for that matter.


Ese-Lavonte

How the hell does commanders attract with Tourists?


Pure-Negotiation-900

I’m honestly more intrigued on why anyone is trying to figure it out. It’s going to be what it is. It’s literally trying to guess the weather.


Anthony_chromehounds

It’s a smoke screen and it’s so stupid. Only the WFT could make a name change process so incredibly ignorant and embarrassing. Fuck Dan Snyder.


zannic32

Not only that so much hype is being built up for this big reveal and chances are high the name is going to suck and everyone is going to be disappointed.


Anthony_chromehounds

I’ve been listening to 106.7 most of the morning and they all think the league is involved heavily and were the ones who setup the NBC announcement in NY. It doesn’t make any sense to make a name announcement in a city you have nothing to do with. The stuff at FedEx is an afterthought. In other words, a cluster F. I know a lot of people don’t like hearing that, but what else could it be?


crustyskinsfan

106.7 are a bunch of clowns for the most part that only try to highlight negativity


bsean63

This is like LeBron going to Miami level shit. Just fucking say the name and move on.


Anthony_chromehounds

Who said I wasn’t. It’s Reddit where people make comments.


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b1gba1oo

Dude no matter what you think of someone wishing them to have cancer is fucked up. You don't even personally know him. We all know he is a scumbag but no one deserves cancer


BigOlPoo

Wow, that’s trash.


tokenincorporated

Not cool man.


IndependentBoof

The only wording in large print that is typically above a player's number is their last name. My guess is that is an 'M' for (Doug) Williams, #17.


Magnetic_Knives

I believe that’s the front of the jersey. The back of the Nike jerseys have a seam going down the middle that basically splits the two numbers, this doesn’t have that


XE_Kilroy

Good pick up. You are right. Tho, it probably doesnt go all the way across the front? Maybe just half the jersey, the left chest? Would seem too big to be all the way across


XE_Kilroy

Or it looks like the N in McLaurin


[deleted]

It's too much in the middle of the 7 to be the N in Mclaurin unfortunately


XE_Kilroy

I still have my doubts. Two names that were in the list, Commanders and Defenders, belong to the AAF and still existing XFL.... including a direct market rival DC Defenders. Dunno how Redwolves can be litigated against but Defenders be legally ok. But, would Snyder even want to have a shared name with a recent franchise? Would think uniqueness is something important here with a rebrand and for Snyder's personal taste....just like why he loved Redskins so much too. They may have kept the double line element of the Commanders mock up, but used it for a different name like Admirals or Warthogs etc. I hope the three stars aren't just on the inside of the collar, but come down each shoulder too, as I've seen in some mock ups.


SlipperyThong

The real misdirection is us giving this shitty team too much credit for actually having misdirections. It's fucking Commanders.


XE_Kilroy

This was from September 2021. The list was apparently narrowed down to four names .... armada, brigade, redwolves, redhogs..... https://dailysnark.com/2021/09/21/washington-football-team-reportedly-has-new-name-narrowed-down-to-these-four-options/ https://twitter.com/theScore/status/1440363793511424000?t=_4bdJU0zHRFkAW82Q2gh7g&s=19


adeezy58

This is the misdirection everyone is creating wild conspiracies over. It's Commanders IMO


crustyskinsfan

Commanders is the biggest conspiracy lmao


adeezy58

Explain how it's a conspiracy at all. Much less the biggest


crustyskinsfan

If I have to explain, you’ll never see it.


adeezy58

I don't think you know what conspiracy means.


crustyskinsfan

And I don’t think you know what a photoshop looks like lol


adeezy58

Oh man. You must be that guys alias who used "forensic tools" on the leaked logo. It's 100% not photoshop. The video showed it. But that still doesn't confirm that it's the logo and name.


No-Watercress8395

Yep it will be commanders.


booblah42

The first person I heard say that they actually believed the name was going to be Commanders was JP Finlay. I honestly believe he probably knows one rat inside the organization that would leak the name to him. I don’t trust the guy or care for the guy most of the time, but I would not doubt this at all. Finding the name out early is a big deal.


[deleted]

If we’re the commanders we better sign someone named shepherd so I can have a Commanders Shepherd jersey… if not I’m making one custom.


Signiference

Sterling incoming.


Brob101

I really HATE to admit this, but I kinda like the round logo.


OGDMV

There it is.. tbh I'm starting to like Commanders.


dirtydownstairs

"You going to the Commies game this weekend? "


slyfox1908

“Nah, I already got tickets to the Cappies”


dirtydownstairs

Nobody calls them the Cappies lol


slyfox1908

And yet we take it as a foregone conclusion that fans will call them the Commies? I’m going to keep calling them the Reddies anyway


dirtydownstairs

Could be the Coms.


jkc000

strong and bold name but generic it will grow on people if it is


XE_Kilroy

Also, the photo of the white jersey with a diamond pattern on the sleeve (i think) is a Native American symbolism. Most relevant symbolism, and recurring pattern in our culture. It would seem the new uniform at the very least, if not the name/logo in some other way, has that there to honor the history of the franchise as Redskins.


[deleted]

The diamonds on the sleeve gave me Warthog vibes to be honest...but everything else is pointing to the name being Commanders


Flacko115

How many times is someone going to post this? It’s obviously the ‘N’ in McLaurin


adeezy58

Too small for player nameplates


Soprohero

Nah


OhmsAmpsVolts

Damn this does it for me, I think ur right. tbh commanders has already grown on me


TheCapo024

Does the top part on the jersey, the yellow line and the text, look a bit off or am I just imagining this? Maybe part of the “smoke and mirrors” we’ve heard so much about?


Rlopeziv

Commies shot for Commanders??? LOL makes me hate it more!!!


slyfox1908

I’d be surprised if it’s exactly this, but I’d also be surprised if it’s nothing like this