Washington DC Needs a New Football Nickname: Help Them Out

[Bongo]

The Partisans

[dollars 2 donuts]

Redtails or Sentinels 

 

[marky]

The Washington Patawomeck

 

Keep the same logo. Add a badge to the jersey. Work out an agreement for ownership shares and payout to local tribes. They will have the best sports book in the world. All the Feds and DC fans would go crazy.

 

[4BillsintheBurgh]

20 hours ago, Paulus said:

Washington Lizard People

 

 

aka the Washington Sleestak's. Has a nice ring and is close enough to sleazy for plenty of correlation.

 

It's the logo that sells itself.

Edited July 7, 2020 by 4BillsintheBurgh

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

Washington Rinds? (Of pork) 

[Dopey]

22 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

The D.C. Bombers.

[section122]

DC Redskins has a nice name.  Changes out the offensive and leaves the history!

 

On a more serious note if they are worried about the history they could go back to their original name of the Washington Braves.

 

From the wiki: RedskinsReport.com revealed on July 4, 2020 that if there were a renaming, team owner Dan Snyder would still prefer to use a Native American name and keep the current Redskins emblem and uniform color.

[sven233]

"Washington Crooks" or "Washington Thieves" sounds about right.....

[CarpetCrawler]

The Foreskins, it sounds manly.

[SF Bills Fan]

I'd got with just Skins

[Rocky Landing]

If Snyder were smart (questionable), he would sit down with the National Congress of American Indians, and discus different name, and logo proposals. He's been clutching onto this brand for so long, and the brand value is crumbling in his hands, and has been for quite some time. If he does this right, he could have an opportunity to increase his team's brand significantly.

[Just Joshin']

Potomac River Rats

[Nextmanup]

1 hour ago, Dopey said:

The D.C. Bombers.

That's a fighter plane (pursuit in WWII terminology) dropping fuel tanks, not a bomber.

 

Not a bad nickname though.

 

 

2 hours ago, beavis said:

The Washington Patawomeck

 

Keep the same logo. Add a badge to the jersey. Work out an agreement for ownership shares and payout to local tribes. They will have the best sports book in the world. All the Feds and DC fans would go crazy.

 

Striking some type of allegiance with the Native Americans indigenous to the area all around DC would be a great idea, especially if both parties figure out a way to profit off of new gambling revenue streams created by the partnership.

 

They have a great opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade and come out looking good, if they do this right.

 

 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

38 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said:

Potomac River Swamp Rats

 

FIFY

 

[Joe mucci]

On 7/6/2020 at 1:29 PM, Don Otreply said:

The Washington “American Rugby Squad” or ARS... 

 

 

 

Washington wall

[RyanC883]

On 7/6/2020 at 1:27 PM, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Not only have they thought of it, but already mocked up the logos ?

 

 

i think this is likely.  pretty cool.  Rivera said it would contain a military reference. 

[I'm Spartacus]

The Washington Indigenous

(kind of like the "heat", "avalanche", etc.)

[Augie]

1 minute ago, I'm Spartacus said:

The Washington Indigenous

(kind of like the "heat", "avalanche", etc.)

 

Was that an autocorrect for the Washington Disingenuous? 

[Punching Bag]

San Antonio Spurs. Just get rid of the whole history.

https://www.voanews.com/usa/race-america/washington-redskins-remove-racist-founder-team-material

 

Quote

 

The NFL’s Washington Redskins team is making a clean break with its past and is removing the name of founder George Preston Marshall from all official team material, as well as pulling his name from the stadium’s Ring of Fame.

Marshall was an avowed segregationist and the last NFL owner to allow Black players on the team.

He did so in 1962 only after President John Kennedy’s administration threatened to evict the team from playing in the stadium, which was built on federal property.

 

 

[snafu]

Washington Suckazz

I’m working on a logo.

 

 

[Rico]

Whatever it is, they may not show it on TV but there will be a TON of Redskins gear still worn at the stadium.

[Augie]

12 minutes ago, Rico said:

Whatever it is, they may not show it on TV but there will be a TON of Redskins gear still worn at the stadium.

 

Very true! Unlike if, ya know.....the Jags made a change. They don’t show the tarps much......

[Thurman#1]

On 7/7/2020 at 2:12 AM, Warcodered said:

Swamp Gators

 

 

Second time I saw this from you. Loved it both times. 

 

I really think that's a winner. People don't realize that D.C. is literally built on a swamp. Nice one.

[BarleyNY]

On 7/6/2020 at 1:49 PM, Gugny said:

Hogs is the perfect name.  

 

Obviously because of the famous O-line, but it's also a nice spin on the Beatles' (Harrison) "Piggies," which describes Washington, D.C., to a T.

 

 

Yup.  Hogs.  With all the pork in Washington it’s the perfect name.  Plus the historical OL thing.  

[BarleyNY]

23 hours ago, sonyab1974 said:

The Washington DC's?

I am not much of a soccer fan, but I’ve always loved the name D.C. United.  Super patriotic in a completely non-partisan way.  I’d say that they should just buy the rights and use it except for their commitment to their current color scheme.  It only works with red, white and blue.  So I’m back to Hogs (or Razorbacks). 

[BillsFan17]

I'll repeat my self, who gives a 

[somnus00]

I vote:
 

Washington Sentinals

 

Then they can sign Shane "Quicksand" Falco.

[sonyab1974]

11 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

I am not much of a soccer fan, but I’ve always loved the name D.C. United. 

OH! I love that!!! D.C. United!!!! YES!!!!

[Golden Goat]

On 7/6/2020 at 5:17 PM, JaCrispy said:

Fore Skins...

Love it. And, apparently, there's already a following!
 

Edited July 9, 2020 by Golden Goat

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

are they reading this board???

 

RedTails? Warriors? Vote on the best choice for Washington's new NFL team nickname

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/red-tails-warriors-vote-on-the-best-choice-for-washingtons-new-nfl-team-nickname-131524015.html

 

 

[machine gun kelly]

10 hours ago, Golden Goat said:

Love it. And, apparently, there's already a following!
 

I was going to type this out the other day, but thought the mods might not like it.

 

Anyway, GG, that was funny.  Like another poster mentioned, I honestly don’t care about the DC team, other than some of these posts were really funny.  I also agree, everyone is just going to keep wearing their current jerseys, and shirts.  It won’t change and there is nothing anyone can do about that.  Even if they agreed to do a free swap for new shirts, they still will wear their old ones.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

16 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said:

I was going to type this out the other day, but thought the mods might not like it.

 

Ditto. 

[PromoTheRobot]

A tweet from NHL player Jordin Tootoo, an Eskimo, and his take on the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos.

 

 

[Jerry Jabber]

On 7/8/2020 at 3:35 PM, somnus00 said:

I vote:
 

Washington Sentinals

 

Then they can sign Shane "Quicksand" Falco.

Go Falco!! And get the strippers for cheerleaders!

[Rob's House]

On 7/6/2020 at 3:08 PM, BuffaloBillies said:

Washington Foreskins   (that way fans can still call them "the skins")

 

What would the mascot look like?

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Is the name “reds” offensive? I always thought, they could just change it to the Washington reds and it would at least sound like it always did. Kind of like the devil rays, going to the rays. Nobody is asking Cincinnati to change their name now right? So maybe the Washington Reds...would be ok? Sometimes its hard to know what is and isn’t offensive in this landscape.

[purple haze]

Pigskins.

 

What a football is called.  Team has a history of Hogs nickname, can replace the name in the fight song with ease.

[T master]

Just leave the Signage and everything the same and change from Redskins to the Warriors !

 

My first thought was to just change it to cover the area they represent & call them the Washington Dipshits but that wouldn't go over very good because then the politicians would stand around with that DUH look on their faces like they didn't understand so that's why i went with Warriors .

 

That would promote the American Indians in a positive way .

[nucci]

On 7/8/2020 at 1:19 PM, BillsFan17 said:

I'll repeat my self, who gives a 

we heard you the first time. If you don't like the discussion just avoid it

[May Day 10]

Kind of going through this with the Cleveland Indians as my team (I have been resigned to a change for a few years now)...

 

 

Its a balance of traditional and good.

 

 

As long as they dont fall into the 2 pitfalls of terrible names and a pet peeve of mine when it comes to this.

 

Dont name it one of those 'trying too hard' 2-word nicknames that scream 00's minor league baseball.  They are hollow, without tradition, and usually change when they move or need to sell more merch or grab a headline.  "Rumble Ponies" "Iron Pigs" "Rail Riders" "Muckdogs" "Rock Cats" "Fisher Cats", etc...

 

Also, dont name it like it was a MLS or Indoor Lacrosse team.  Usually trying to be wise, not ending the name in an "S" and usually some sort of word for swift movement or something.  "Rush", "Surge", "Wild", "Wave", etc...