Redskins = WFT = Commanders?

[CloneGuy8]

 

[CycloneErik]

I like the current one, but whatever,
If they need a military one, just be the Generals and be done with it.

 

[isucy86]

You got me curious, I think about half of them are pretty cool or classic. The other half are just generic and lame. Commanders would probably be in the generic and lame category if it was 50 years old.

giving 2 seconds of thought to each name...

• Arizona Cardinals - boring, no clue if it makes sense, probably out of place
• Atlanta Falcons - kind of cool
• Baltimore Ravens - kind of cool
• Buffalo Bills - pretty awesome actually
• Carolina Panthers - boring, makes no sense
• Chicago Bears - boring
• Cincinnati Bengals - sounds cool, is there a meaning?
• Cleveland Browns - would be REALLY laughed at today
• Dallas Cowboys - boring but logical
• Denver Broncos - pretty cool
• Detroit Lions - boring
• Green Bay Packers - I think it'd actually be cool if a team was named after local workers today
• Houston Texans - super lame, should have gone back to Oilers like Steelers/packers
• Indianapolis Colts - out of place name that once made sense like LA Lakers
• Jacksonville Jaguars - super lame, makes no sense
• Kansas City Chiefs - pretty cool, controversial now but wouldn't have to be
• Las Vegas Raiders - somehow fits in all 3 cities, pretty cool
• Los Angeles Chargers - kind of original but a little meaningless
• Los Angeles Rams - Better than people would think, there are bighorns 15 miles from LA
• Miami Dolphins - perfect
• Minnesota Vikings - perfect
• New England Patriots - pretty cool
• New Orleans Saints - pretty cool
• New York Giants - generic but classic
• New York Jets - pretty cool, little generic
• Philadelphia Eagles - so so
• Pittsburgh Steelers - see packers, even better though
• San Francisco 49ers -perfect
• Seattle Seahawks - pretty cool
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers - perfect
• Tennessee Titans - generic
• Washington Football Team --------

The Chargers owners were ahead of their time coming up with that name in the 1960's. With the movement toward Solar Power and EV's- they struck "gold jerry, gold"

Line up Tesla, Rivian, etc, etc.

 

[theshadow]

Pats, Vikings, Dolphins have connections to the area. Jets, Giants, Lions? Not so much.

"Jets" was more or less because Shea was between JFK and LaGuardia.

"Giants" was a rip from the existing baseball team.

 

[3TrueFans]

Pats, Vikings, Dolphins have connections to the area. Jets, Giants, Lions? Not so much.

Vikings, by the way, are because of the belief that the Vikings made it all the way to Minnesota based on the Kensington Rune Stone. It is generally held to be a hoax, but many still hold on to the belief.

Kensington Runestone - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So does Commanders though.

 

[baller21]

The Chargers owners were ahead of their time coming up with that name in the 1960's. With the movement toward Solar Power and EV's- they struck "gold jerry, gold"

Line up Tesla, Rivian, etc, etc.

Actually they were named after dodge chargers.

 

[cytor]

The Vegas Golden Knights are adopted from the Army Golden knights. The owner asked permission to copy Army. Kinda similar to a dumbass team in college that ripped off the Pittsburgh Steelers.

 

[VeloClone]

Actually they were named after dodge chargers.

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Actually the new owner liked the "Charge!" bugle call and chant that they were using at Dodgers and Trojans games so he named his team Chargers.

 

[HFCS]

The Vegas Golden Knights are adopted from the Army Golden knights. The owner asked permission to copy Army. Kinda similar to a dumbass team in college that ripped off the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Washington should invent a new color they own that no other team can wear.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Why not the Washington Bullets?

 

[VeloClone]

Washington should invent a new color they own that no other team can wear.

Yes, their team color could be clear.

"Are you naked?" "No, I'm on the team."


Credit to Stephen Wright

 

[HFCS]

Why not the Washington Bullets?

Even as a little kid when I saw highlights of Bernard King scoring 50 I’d think “don’t they have a lot of crime?”.

 

[cyclones500]

You got me curious, I think about half of them are pretty cool or classic. The other half are just generic and lame. Commanders would probably be in the generic and lame category if it was 50 years old.

giving 2 seconds of thought to each name...

• Arizona Cardinals - boring, no clue if it makes sense, probably out of place
• Atlanta Falcons - kind of cool
• Baltimore Ravens - kind of cool
• Buffalo Bills - pretty awesome actually
• Carolina Panthers - boring, makes no sense
• Chicago Bears - boring
• Cincinnati Bengals - sounds cool, is there a meaning?
• Cleveland Browns - would be REALLY laughed at today
• Dallas Cowboys - boring but logical
• Denver Broncos - pretty cool
• Detroit Lions - boring
• Green Bay Packers - I think it'd actually be cool if a team was named after local workers today
• Houston Texans - super lame, should have gone back to Oilers like Steelers/packers
• Indianapolis Colts - out of place name that once made sense like LA Lakers
• Jacksonville Jaguars - super lame, makes no sense
• Kansas City Chiefs - pretty cool, controversial now but wouldn't have to be
• Las Vegas Raiders - somehow fits in all 3 cities, pretty cool
• Los Angeles Chargers - kind of original but a little meaningless
• Los Angeles Rams - Better than people would think, there are bighorns 15 miles from LA
• Miami Dolphins - perfect
• Minnesota Vikings - perfect
• New England Patriots - pretty cool
• New Orleans Saints - pretty cool
• New York Giants - generic but classic
• New York Jets - pretty cool, little generic
• Philadelphia Eagles - so so
• Pittsburgh Steelers - see packers, even better though
• San Francisco 49ers -perfect
• Seattle Seahawks - pretty cool
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers - perfect
• Tennessee Titans - generic
• Washington Football Team --------

You got me curious, I think about half of them are pretty cool or classic. The other half are just generic and lame. Commanders would probably be in the generic and lame category if it was 50 years old.

giving 2 seconds of thought to each name...

• Arizona Cardinals - boring, no clue if it makes sense, probably out of place
• Atlanta Falcons - kind of cool
• Baltimore Ravens - kind of cool
• Buffalo Bills - pretty awesome actually
• Carolina Panthers - boring, makes no sense
• Chicago Bears - boring
• Cincinnati Bengals - sounds cool, is there a meaning?
• Cleveland Browns - would be REALLY laughed at today
• Dallas Cowboys - boring but logical
• Denver Broncos - pretty cool
• Detroit Lions - boring
• Green Bay Packers - I think it'd actually be cool if a team was named after local workers today
• Houston Texans - super lame, should have gone back to Oilers like Steelers/packers
• Indianapolis Colts - out of place name that once made sense like LA Lakers
• Jacksonville Jaguars - super lame, makes no sense
• Kansas City Chiefs - pretty cool, controversial now but wouldn't have to be
• Las Vegas Raiders - somehow fits in all 3 cities, pretty cool
• Los Angeles Chargers - kind of original but a little meaningless
• Los Angeles Rams - Better than people would think, there are bighorns 15 miles from LA
• Miami Dolphins - perfect
• Minnesota Vikings - perfect
• New England Patriots - pretty cool
• New Orleans Saints - pretty cool
• New York Giants - generic but classic
• New York Jets - pretty cool, little generic
• Philadelphia Eagles - so so
• Pittsburgh Steelers - see packers, even better though
• San Francisco 49ers -perfect
• Seattle Seahawks - pretty cool
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers - perfect
• Tennessee Titans - generic
• Washington Football Team --------

I like seeing the assessment and appreciate effort of compiling it. I agree with a lot, disagree on some, without developing my own list.

(Maybe I will, if time permits )

For the "makes no sense/out of place" category:

* Cardinals were in St. Louis (prior to that Chicago) so it's regionally fitting. Probably should have done a name-change with the move to Arizona. (Similar thing when Rams relocated to St. Louis).

* Jaguars came from a nickname contest -- Jaguars aren't native to Florida, but the oldest living jag in the U.S. was at Jacksonville Zoo at the time. It's a "generic" animal nickname, but ... jaguars hunt crocodiles for lunch, for goodness sake.

 

[NWICY]

I kinda want them to keep “Football Team”

Sounds every bit as good as commanders

 

[tman24]

Way better than naming it after a bridge no one knows about.

 

[JP4CY]

Washington Regulators would have been bad ass. Then have an intro with George Washington telling the troops to mount up, Warren G starts playing.
Ooooh yeah.

 

[cyclones500]

D.C. pro sports teams tend to have lame (or at least uncreative) nicknames in part because the fall-backs are:
(1) Governmental
(2) Military

 

[JP4CY]

D.C. pro sports teams tend to have lame (or at least uncreative) nicknames in part because the fall-backs are:
(1) Governmental
(2) Military

Could have went religious route and did Quakers.

 

[cyclones500]

Good list but there are a couple I would rate a bit differently.

As historic tie-ins go, the Poe/Ravens definitely kicks a**.

 

[cyclones500]

Could have went religious route and did Quakers.

You have a point.

So ... I guess military/governance might not be so bad after all!