Washington football team narrows list of possible new names to three final candidates

After 13 months of trying to come up with a new name, the Washington football team is on the verge of making it happen. Washington has officially narrowed its list of potential new names to just three options.

The team made the announcement on Monday during an episode of their YouTube series, “Making the Brand.” The three-minute episode opens with team president Jason Wright showing the names to Washington coach Ron Rivera. At the end of the episode, Wright lists the three finalists for the new team name, although we don’t actually learn the names of the finalists due to some clever editing (but they potentially gave us clues. !).

“So the three that are going to pass are, [beeped out], [beeped out] and [beeped out]”Wright says in the video.

Rivera then responded by saying that he “really liked” one of the names, but again, we don’t know the actual name because he was paged. the Washington post confirmed to the team that it reduced the list of names of potential teams up to three.

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“We started with 40,000 submissions and from there we reduced to a smaller amount,” says Wright in the video. “It gave us a big picture of what the public and the fan base thinks of us as an organization and where they want us to go.”

While we don’t know the three potential names Washington is examining, the YouTube video offered some clues. At one point in the video, the team invited fans to FedEx Field and those fans were asked about several new names the team was considering.

Here is a list of the eight names that were shown in Monday’s video (The team was still considering around 30 names as of April, so the fact that those eight were selected would indicate that one or more of them could be the one of the three finalists):

Armada
squad
Commanders
Defenders
Presidents
RedHogs
Red wolves
Washington football team

For several of the names, Washington even came up with new logos, which let you know that those names are (or were) seriously under consideration. For example, here’s a preview of the Washington Presidents logo, which features a “W” with the cleverly designed Washington monument in the middle.

(If you want to see some of the other logos the team revealed in their YouTube video, you can check them out by clicking here)

On the one hand, the team could try to sidetrack us from their trail by revealing eight names in the video that they have no plans to use. However, the fact that “Washington Football Team” is one of the eight names makes me think that the three finalists are on that list of eight. Wright has been saying for months that keeping the Washington football team as a name is something the organization is seriously considering.

As to when the new name will finally be announced, Wright said over the past month that the team is aiming for early 2022. It is assumed here that Washington will wait until after the Super Bowl to unveil its new name, but will want to make the change before the Super Bowl. draft, so expect that to happen between February 14 and April 27.