Suggestion for the Redskins new name?

[bironi]

Swamp Things, perhaps?

I've only read about some very poor new ideas.
I'd like to hear yours.

[j44ke]

My wife says they should be called the Washington Monuments.

I thought it should be the Washington Foggy Bottoms. No?

[vertical_doug]

Privateers

Basically a pirate with a government commission so makes stealing okay....

[bigbill]

Washington Rotundas
DC Lightning
DC Swampsters
The DC Humidity
Washington Gridlocks
DC Filibusters
Washington Federalists
Washington Republicans (to be fair)
DC Duelers (homage to Burr and Hamilton)
Washington Thunder Domes

[Saab2000]

Share a logo with DC United and call them DC Divided.
DC Filibuster?
DC Swamp (stolen from above...)?
DC Presidents? Maybe with a subscript of “warts and all....”

I would support dropping the Washington prefix, not out of spite, but because I like the District of Columbia name and maybe it helps move on from the Washington Redskins name?

Or name it after a local mattress factory, butcher and muffler repair shop, like cycling teams of yore and plaster logos all over their uniforms. Acme Packing Company anyone? No, I’m not neutral...

Will there even be football? They need to change the name and take a lead and sign Colin Kaepernick. They’re a franchise with a rich history, including the first black quarterback to lead a team to a Super Bowl victory. They were also the last or nearly last to integrate black players. Time to get on the right side of history. It’s not that difficult. It’d be nice if Dan Snyder does the right thing and moves his team into the 21st century.

[j44ke]

...It’d be nice if Dan Snyder does the right thing and moves his team into the 21st century.

Oh well on ^that^, right?

Dumping the Washington part is a good idea.

DC AC's?

DC Electrics?

DC Electrons?

DC Comics?

[Saab2000]

Oh well on ^that^, right?

Dumping the Washington part is a good idea.

DC AC's?

DC Electrics?

DC Electrons?

DC Comics?

I grew up with the Baltimore Colts in the NFL. Then the Ravens happened. I actually like that name for its Poe lineage. Maybe something with multiple layers rather than something obvious.

[j44ke]

I grew up with the Baltimore Colts in the NFL. Then the Ravens happened. I actually like that name for its Poe lineage. Maybe something with multiple layers rather than something obvious.

DC Lafayettes? DC L'Enfants?

Edgar Allan Poe was bad ass. I cannot for the life of me think of any similar literary (or similar) figures from WDC that are as bad ass as Poe. Walt Whitman is great, but he isn't exactly badass. Washington Captains? As in:

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead....

Maybe?

[Ras72]

Why not just Skins? They other guys are Shirts.
Worked for me when I was a kid.

[Too Tall]

All the good names are gone ;)

[Tom]

Piglets

[rwsaunders]

Potato Skins or Pigskinners?

[jimcav]

DC Independents or DC Independence

[thollandpe]

Whalers (says the kid who grew up in CT)

[monadnocky]

Whalers (says the kid who grew up in CT)

YES

The best branding in all of sports. Best visual iconography EVER.

[j44ke]

Only if they get to use harpoons.

[thollandpe]

[monadnocky]

Look at it. Just look at it. I'm a B's fan through and through but by God I miss the Whalers.

[bironi]

Potato Skins or Pigskinners?

Or the Sausages?
I like the DC Comics.
The Washington Monuments is good as well.
The Swamp Thing was an early DC Comic publication.
About the logo?
Are there ropes pulling the monuments down?
The DC Comics I need some help with the logo.

Come on Josh
It's where you are planted.
There must something that comes to mind from the back of your mind.

[Too Tall]

Or the Sausages?
I like the DC Comics.
The Washington Monuments is good as well.
The Swamp Thing was an early DC Comic publication.
About the logo?
Are there ropes pulling the monuments down?
The DC Comics I need some help with the logo.

Come on Josh
It's where you are planted.
There must something that comes to mind from the back of your mind.

Thanks. I’ve been racking my brain trying to tie the historic importance of DCs African American culture, liberation, change and national pride....it ain’t easy.

I’d love the name to forver reflect why it was changed BUT still be a bitchin’ name DC fans can get behind.

Quite honestly I love the team and have always been embarassed.

DCFREEDOM