# What will the Washington Football Team's new name be on 2 February 2022? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231 "2022-01-04T23:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/1 "2022-01-04T23:54:46Z")
> **[Washington to reveal new name on Feb. 2; won't be RedWolves](https://apnews.com/article/mlb-nfl-nhl-sports-baseball-cc8e95b2ed4ce829d7995df2ff317a22)** > > Washington’s NFL team announced Tuesday it will unveil its new name on Feb. 2 and that it will not be the Wolves or RedWolves. Commanders, Admirals, Armada, Brigade, Sentinels, Defenders, Red Hogs, Presidents and the status quo “Washington Football... Not RedWolves or Wolves, according to the article. I like Washington Football Team but I doubt they’ll stick with it. Let’s hear some predictions! The winner gets a “way to go!” and a virtual pat on the back! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/2 "2022-01-05T00:00:32Z")
Red Tails isn’t one of the finalists? Boo. I hate all of those names. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/3 "2022-01-05T00:10:48Z")
They should go with the Spungos for the sake of the Simpsons reference. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/4 "2022-01-05T00:12:45Z")
I think I read somewhere that Nationals was a favorite? I may be misremembering. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/5 "2022-01-05T00:24:08Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Washington to reveal new name on Feb. 2; won't be RedWolves | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/mlb-nfl-nhl-sports-baseball-cc8e95b2ed4ce829d7995df2ff317a22) > Not RedWolves or Wolves, according to the article. > > I like Washington Football Team but I doubt they’ll stick with it. > > Let’s hear some predictions! The winner gets a “way to go!” and a virtual pat on the back! It’s like they pushed the button on a random name generator. I’ll predict Sentinels because it sounds the least worst off the tongue to me. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/6 "2022-01-05T00:31:59Z")
Redwoods. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/7 "2022-01-05T00:38:37Z")
I’d still guess Admirals anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/8 "2022-01-05T00:43:12Z")
I saw an idea to name them the Pigskins. I like it. It has a retro sound; they can keep the nickname “Skins”; and, apparently, there is a history of fans wearing pig regalia. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/9 "2022-01-05T01:01:11Z")
I think “Football Team” is awesome, especially compared to all these other totally lame options. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/10 "2022-01-05T01:06:07Z")
Damn that’s a dire list. But I am a bit assuaged, @ekedolphin , that the release says that those are _“ **among** the other finalists”_ so there’s hope for something else entirely. Because, really, you rejected “Warriors” early in the game, but then came down to a set of finalists full of weaker, more boring military-idolatry-themed names? And looking at the press materials… really, guys, it’s a football team. Ease off on the grandiosity about being the paladins of the community and of its future. Still the “President’s Brief” probably is the clearly simple answer about the naming problems – basically the popular _good_ would-be names suffer from, well, being popular and good , which makes them likely to already someone else’s trademark in whole or in part and it may not be as simple to deal with as with the Cleveland Guardians. In the teasers they speak about a “clean uniform” and they repeat the “clean” a lot so that hints at not containing anything representational, as has been the case the last 2 years (and hey, the Browns work with _nothing_ but a racing stripe on the helmet). ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/11 "2022-01-05T01:08:08Z")
Suggested elsewhere, I like the Washington Washingtons. [![](https://images.dailykos.com/images/827672/large/wash-wash.jpg?1593880817) ](https://images.dailykos.com/images/827672/large/wash-wash.jpg?1593880817) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/12 "2022-01-05T01:55:04Z")
I’m glad it’s not RedWolves. The capital letter in the middle of the name looks wrong. Red Wolves is fine. Redwolves is fine. Just not RedWolves. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/13 "2022-01-05T02:23:28Z")
> **[Reddit discovery of DC Sentinels & Washington Football connection ignites...](https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/washington-football/reddit-discovery-dc-sentinels-washington-football-connection-ignites-new-name)** > > As we wait on the Washington football team to announce their new name, fans are after any hint they can find. Jonathan Allen stirred Twitter 10 days ago by simply tweeting "HTTR," so we already know it doesn't take much. Then on Monday, it was... Someone on Reddit learned that the company which manages [redskins.com](http://redskins.com) (and other NFL team websites) has recently registered the “DCSentinels” domain name, implying that _Sentinels_ could be the new team name. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/14 "2022-01-05T02:34:46Z")
Along those same lines, I like “The Washingtonians.” No “Washington” anything, just “The Washingtonians.” ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/15 "2022-01-05T02:36:38Z")
Or confuse everyone and go with “Huskies”. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/16 "2022-01-05T02:41:25Z")
I lived in northern Virginia for 16 years and Mom is a huge football fan. I no longer remember which part of the Skins was called “The Hogs”. But I do remember the nickname being quite popular. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/17 "2022-01-05T02:46:37Z")
The Quarters. Team logo is all set and since the U.S. Government can’t trademark public property, there are no legal problems. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/2021-P_US_Quarter_Obverse.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/2021-P_US_Quarter_Obverse.jpg) (They can replace In God We Trust with the name of the current head coach or star player) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/18 "2022-01-05T02:52:35Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > Someone on Reddit learned that the company which manages [redskins.com](http://redskins.com) (and other NFL team websites) has recently registered the “DCSentinels” domain name, implying that _Sentinels_ could be the new team name. It looks like that domain was first registered in August 2019. There are also active registrations for [dcarmada.com](http://dcarmada.com), [dcredhogs.com](http://dcredhogs.com), [dcdefenders.com](http://dcdefenders.com), and probably the rest (I got tired of looking them up). Maybe they registered all the possibilities, maybe it’s squatters. I don’t think it narrows it down too much. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/19 "2022-01-05T02:55:10Z")
My prediction is it’ll be Sentinels, which sounds militaristic and a bit more modern than Admirals. I hope it’s Red Hogs, because that’s hilarious and offers so many pun opportunities: ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-washington-football-teams-new-name-be-on-2-february-2022/957231/20 "2022-01-05T02:56:44Z")
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