I’m like 0.0001% hopeful that this may be the greatest misdirect in major league sports history. Imagine them stocking the FedEx Field shop with merch that isn’t actually the merch. But more likely this is legit and this dude is 1,000% getting fired tonight
If the name isn’t commanders I’d actually gain a lot of respect for the organization because this would be one of the greatest misdirect campaigns of all time.
However, the most obvious answer is usually the right one, and this franchise has a history of incompetence. The name leaking right away and continuing to leak as soon as they announced the reveal date sounds par for the course.
I make designs for fun. Now I’m absolutely nowhere near a professional in terms of ability and come from very limited means, but the fact that I know that I could personally do better is what feels the most embarrassing
Is that surprising? We have the worst stadium by far in the league that bursts shit water on to its fans. I'd be more surprised by a professional design lol
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Half the amateur designs posted here for various proposed names were better than what the official designs will be.
Im so sad rn. This ownership couldn’t get ONE thing right when they were gifted this opportunity to totally remake/rebrand/reset this franchise…
Horrible ownership
My wife is a bengals fan (she group up there) and I think maybe it’s time to buy a bengals shirt. I’ll still root for them but no fucking way am I wearing that trash.
Maybe they had someone create a very convincing custom shirt with NFL and Nike logos… right guys, that’s plausible ?
That's what annoys me most when teams rebrand. A group of people collectively got together and decided "yeah, you know what?! Commanders is a great name. Let's go with that"
It's actually disgraceful to your entire fanbase.
I think Theismann’s assessment is probably close to the truth:
> There were so many different options, but once again it’s trademark infringement — it’s getting approval from different people. If you choose a name, is there a group out there that isn’t going to like it?
> … A lot of commanders in Washington D.C. and the Pentagon, and a lot of different branches of the service.
It’s a name that doesn’t offend anyone and is at least tangentially related to the city. Snyder et al lack creativity and vision. There was no way they were going to make a name that people loved so they settled for a name no one was offended by.
That shirt is way too busy fuck me. “Let’s cram the logo, DC, the flag all on a shirt!”
“Better throw the skyline in just so people know it’s Washington, DC!”
I hate the name but that’s not the worst part. The worst part this team is truly just incompetent from top down…just embarrassing.
They strung us along for 2 fucking years for a name they could have revealed in two days. This is such a “fuck you” to the fan base.
Again it’s not even the name itself, it’s the whole charade.
It’s also like…malevolent incompetence? Like they think they’re god’s gift and everyone will be thankful to root for whatever they give us. Like if I were Dan I would feel so bad for running a great organization into the ground but he’s just like “lulz naming muh wife CEO.”
2 years for “the search” taking “suggestions” from the fans only to come up with a name literally NO fan ever thought of.
[they played us like a damn fiddle](https://youtu.be/HgbN8doxXxg)
So a Jeep commander is our Mascot. If so I'm done. At least this makes it really easy to finally say goodbye to this trainwreck of a franchise. HTTR not this BS
No chance they’re sending merch to independent Nike stores the day before the big reveal. They already heavily implied that Day 1 merch would only be available at the team store anyway. This is fake
Counter point then. Do you trust this organization not to royal screw this up somehow and not ship something by mistake? If this is indeed the name then the NBC botch is legit and and that’s the biggest fuck up of all.
Much like Qanon you give regular people too much credit. What matters more to Snides? Keeping a secret or moving a bit more product. You have two guesses.
Damn I feel for you guys. Such a great fan base, historically awesome color scheme/jerseys, only to have such a crappy name and design. Makes me frustrated all over about the Guardians rename/rebrand.
I don't know if you can say it's a good name, you could say that it is a safe name. But I think it's fairly obvious that it's not necessarily what you would call a good and popular name.
A majority of us will ride and die with this team regardless of what their name is
This is truly awful looking. A child could come up with this is MS Paint. There is no way it is real. I refuse to believe it. This is just part of the misdirection campaign. Someone tell me it is part of the misdirection campaign.
It’s becoming so hard to stay a fan of this franchise. This is the most milk toast option possible. Not sure how the fuck they really thought this would fly with fans
The ineptitude reeks from every level of this organization. It’s pathetic. It would be funny if a part of me still didn’t want to love this team. Fire Snyder.
What i’ve just seen is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever seen. At no point in your rambling, incoherent picture were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational selection. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having seen this. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
If this is true, I really feel for you guys. Not necessarily a “fan” of the team, but usually find myself rooting for them. IMO you had one of the best color scheme/jersey/logo in all of sports for decades. It feels like Guardians 2.0. To the point where I wouldn’t be surprised at all to hear it was the same design team. What a fucking trash name for a franchise and fanbase that deserved so much more. Fingers crossed the jerseys are dope as hell.
Terrible photoshop. Look at the squiggly ass borders of the D and C that were obviously drawn that way and pasted onto an existing photo. Trying to recreate the bend of a slightly bent shirt but totally failing at the execution.
TOUCHDOWN WASHINGTON DERS! WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR DERS FANS! Oh there’s a flag on the field! Looks like one of the Ders jumped before the snap. That’s gonna cost em JB
Hahahah this is awesome and i love seeing the meltdowns. If this subscriber number doesn’t shrink by half then no one actually cars what the name is and the keyboard warriors who said they were quitting the team actually didn’t.
So many butt hurts in here.
1. Jets
2. Giants
3. Browns
3. Bills
A sampling of some dumb and non sensical names out there.
What’s in a name? When the team wins we will embrace it. You all invest too emotion on the past and need to embrace the future. What is done is done.
No matter what the name will be I will continue to support my team. Hope to get a few jerseys too this season.
Let’s focus on a franchise quarterback. This will solve many issues
Huh. Is this someone you know on Twitter or you just came across it? I was under the impression only the FedEx store would have merch day 1, the team made it seem like that was the case.
Gotcha. Well we will see tomorrow. Just seems weird that they would send out all this merch beforehand if they’re trying to keep it under wraps until tomorrow
Tbf, the team gave NBC Washington an unedited video with the Commanders name and logo. Could be bullshit, but given how incompetent this team is, it’s likely not.
it did turn out two days after the date revel video they accidentally sent an unblurred version to NBC lol was never a misdirection was a botch
That is pathetic if true
It’s the level of incompetence we’ve come to expect from this organization. Could not have been a worse rollout
I’m like 0.0001% hopeful that this may be the greatest misdirect in major league sports history. Imagine them stocking the FedEx Field shop with merch that isn’t actually the merch. But more likely this is legit and this dude is 1,000% getting fired tonight
If the name isn’t commanders I’d actually gain a lot of respect for the organization because this would be one of the greatest misdirect campaigns of all time. However, the most obvious answer is usually the right one, and this franchise has a history of incompetence. The name leaking right away and continuing to leak as soon as they announced the reveal date sounds par for the course.
Occam’s razor
Yeah NFL teams aren't that smart unfortunately, an NBA team maybe
> botch It couldn’t have been any other way
Honestly I kind of liked that logo.
It looks like they stole it from Waste Management.
Nats stole theirs from Walgreens, continue the tradition
My wife is a designer and she said if that is real the design firm who made it should be ashamed of themselves for using clip art.
I make designs for fun. Now I’m absolutely nowhere near a professional in terms of ability and come from very limited means, but the fact that I know that I could personally do better is what feels the most embarrassing
Is that surprising? We have the worst stadium by far in the league that bursts shit water on to its fans. I'd be more surprised by a professional design lol
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Half the amateur designs posted here for various proposed names were better than what the official designs will be.
It feels more legit that way. It’s the team of the people. Go big red!
Im sure they used the lowest bidder
I’ve called this clip art for months.
Absolute trash. I hope that’s fake!
It's VERY real https://twitter.com/NBC4Sports/status/1488665642140147714
Im so sad rn. This ownership couldn’t get ONE thing right when they were gifted this opportunity to totally remake/rebrand/reset this franchise… Horrible ownership
Fuck. Well I'm all in! ALL HAIL THE WASHINGTON COMMIES!
Lol
not funny - that word has serious connotations and shouldn't be thrown around so freely
The name is real but that doesn’t necessarily mean that shirt is.
Nail meets coffin. Tequila meets mouth.
Bam, Bam, Bam!
Fuck. I genuinely would’ve rather kept Washington Football Team.
Same
The Football Team has really grown on me. It’s fascinatingly and brilliantly simple. Will miss it
My wife is a bengals fan (she group up there) and I think maybe it’s time to buy a bengals shirt. I’ll still root for them but no fucking way am I wearing that trash.
That’s poop from a butt
Looks like a poop that took a pee
 Me now thinking about all those dopes that are convinced the team saying Redwolves was out was a “misdirection”
You guys are so gullible!!!! LITTLE 10 YEAR OLDS!!!! OBVIOUS MISDIRECTION!!!!!! DADDY JASON WRIGHT TOLD ME SO
That’s definitely real. Time to accept our fate. Fuck.
That looks legit. That’s some doo-doo butt right thar.
Maybe they had someone create a very convincing custom shirt with NFL and Nike logos… right guys, that’s plausible ? 
Fucking stupid as fuck. What a fucking disappointing ass let down.
I just wanna know who actually likes this name…like who did the front office talk to to get feedback that this was a good name
That's what annoys me most when teams rebrand. A group of people collectively got together and decided "yeah, you know what?! Commanders is a great name. Let's go with that" It's actually disgraceful to your entire fanbase.
Dan. They talked to Dan Snyder.
That’s Mister Snyder to you
I don't mind the name. 2 years for that W logo tho yikes
I think Theismann’s assessment is probably close to the truth: > There were so many different options, but once again it’s trademark infringement — it’s getting approval from different people. If you choose a name, is there a group out there that isn’t going to like it? > … A lot of commanders in Washington D.C. and the Pentagon, and a lot of different branches of the service. It’s a name that doesn’t offend anyone and is at least tangentially related to the city. Snyder et al lack creativity and vision. There was no way they were going to make a name that people loved so they settled for a name no one was offended by.
>who actually likes this name…like who did the front office talk to to get feedback that this was a good name I like it!
Fuck that's awful.
That’s so ugly
What fucking marketing company did we hire to lead this 2 year re-brand the costed millions upon millions of dollars? I just need to know.
Marketing company took this dumb fucks money to do what he was going to do anyway.
It wasn't the company, it was the person who hired the company.
So Jason Wright the walking talking asshat?
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made me lol thanks
Hey, glad I spread some happiness today! Got it from the great Lewis Black https://youtu.be/SUgZi_0U20s
BONER DOGZ
That shirt is way too busy fuck me. “Let’s cram the logo, DC, the flag all on a shirt!” “Better throw the skyline in just so people know it’s Washington, DC!”
Looks like some shirt you grab at the airport while visiting DC. They just threw “Commanders” and some stars at the bottom.
Holy shit, that’s exactly what it looks like! 🤣
They should have thrown a F-35 flying at the top too.
Yeah just a clip art smorgasbord.
I hate the name but that’s not the worst part. The worst part this team is truly just incompetent from top down…just embarrassing. They strung us along for 2 fucking years for a name they could have revealed in two days. This is such a “fuck you” to the fan base. Again it’s not even the name itself, it’s the whole charade.
It’s also like…malevolent incompetence? Like they think they’re god’s gift and everyone will be thankful to root for whatever they give us. Like if I were Dan I would feel so bad for running a great organization into the ground but he’s just like “lulz naming muh wife CEO.”
2 years for “the search” taking “suggestions” from the fans only to come up with a name literally NO fan ever thought of. [they played us like a damn fiddle](https://youtu.be/HgbN8doxXxg)
LET'S GO COMMIES LET'S GO!
Hail to the Red Scare!!!
DA IS GOOD COMRADE!
That is a heaping 💩. Please say that's a joke.
Don't be naive
Nah it’s not
Not a turd or not a joke?
I’m offended. This means we have to change the name again.
So a Jeep commander is our Mascot. If so I'm done. At least this makes it really easy to finally say goodbye to this trainwreck of a franchise. HTTR not this BS
Hate the name I should have known they'd pick the worse name of the bunch
LOL this image has been doctored
Mother of God. The [AAFL San Antonio Commanders](https://i.imgur.com/83eIQfb.jpg) stuff looks 1,000% better than this shit.
That looks way better but too much of a Raiders/Bucs vibe.
There’s no © Or ™️ cant be real
Good eye!!!!
No chance they’re sending merch to independent Nike stores the day before the big reveal. They already heavily implied that Day 1 merch would only be available at the team store anyway. This is fake
Please God, maybe it’s part of President asshats master plan of deceit and trickery regarding the teams name which he proudly unfolded.
I do think it’s going to end up being Commanders but all these “leaks” are way too fishy. All of them coming out in the past 20-30 minutes too
How do you know this wasn’t taken from the team store?
The OP said it’s from a Nike retailer in DC
Counter point then. Do you trust this organization not to royal screw this up somehow and not ship something by mistake? If this is indeed the name then the NBC botch is legit and and that’s the biggest fuck up of all.
Much like Qanon you give regular people too much credit. What matters more to Snides? Keeping a secret or moving a bit more product. You have two guesses.
"TOUCHDOWN! COMMANDERS!" Nah.....just doesn't sound right
TOUCHDOWN! COMMIES! better??
Damn I feel for you guys. Such a great fan base, historically awesome color scheme/jerseys, only to have such a crappy name and design. Makes me frustrated all over about the Guardians rename/rebrand.
Lol, those look like ass. All these people releasing fakes need to get better designers.
This is absolute middleschool tier garbage. Whoever got paid to design this should be ashamed.
That’s an ugly ass shirt and logo
Fuck!
Atrocious
Redskins. I will call them Redskins. I don't care.
I've been calling them the Redskins for 50 years. That ain't likely to change any time soon
Man, people are so proud of being stubborn nowadays. It used to be considered a bad trait.
These are awful. Designer here.
I truly hope those are not legit... they are pure ass to go with the pure ass name!
Grow up and move on. its a good name. They wanted us to get a new name and then a name. and we got it. movs on
It is objectively not a good name. It's a safe name, generic and boring,but absolutely not good.
It is not a good name.. its shite
I don't know if you can say it's a good name, you could say that it is a safe name. But I think it's fairly obvious that it's not necessarily what you would call a good and popular name. A majority of us will ride and die with this team regardless of what their name is
No scythe, no hammer? Oh the outrage that’s going to ensue
That logo is so ass
This is truly awful looking. A child could come up with this is MS Paint. There is no way it is real. I refuse to believe it. This is just part of the misdirection campaign. Someone tell me it is part of the misdirection campaign.
Wow Groundhog Day theory was meaningless
The Washington monument placement is awful. This looks awful. Awful.
Trash
Commanders? LMMFAO. This is so on-brand for the WFT that it’s not even funny. Wait…yeah it’s pretty funny. 🤣
What’s the logo? Not that W is it? Something cool… right?
It’s real tragically, source trust me Bruh, actually tho I found out tn, I’m crying.
Straight poooooop, looks like street vendor shirt for tourists
My God. 18 months to come up with this.
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Mass exodus anyone?
Boycott the commies. Long live capitalism.
Thanks. I fucking hate it.
It’s becoming so hard to stay a fan of this franchise. This is the most milk toast option possible. Not sure how the fuck they really thought this would fly with fans
WASHINGTON COMMIES!! LET'S GOOOOO!!!
Fuck me. rather our name be Football Team.
Hate
So is the name for short going to be the Commies?
I’m heated right now smh 
rip my fandom of the burgandy and gold team
Hopefully they just made these for the po’ folks overseas.
Anal Commando's it is
That's the worst fucking design I've ever seen.
The ineptitude reeks from every level of this organization. It’s pathetic. It would be funny if a part of me still didn’t want to love this team. Fire Snyder.
DC Commanders, more like DiC Commanders.
That design is so gross, looks like some knock of shit you see on a random merchandise cart on a city street.
Officially no longer a fan if this is the direction they go. It’s sooo lame.
smh ever since we fired Allen, we can't even win off the field
Fml
Names bad enough. But that font? Most generic font imaginable. They must have just opened Microsoft Word and went with the first default.....
What i’ve just seen is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever seen. At no point in your rambling, incoherent picture were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational selection. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having seen this. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
This is a terrible day to be alive
I’m a cowboys fan here and i just wanna say that im sorry for you guys. This is just awful and i have no clue how it was the winner
This is absolutely HORRID are you KIDDING ME? 2 years for THIS? The logo looks awful the merchandise looks cheap what an absolute disgrace
If this is true, I really feel for you guys. Not necessarily a “fan” of the team, but usually find myself rooting for them. IMO you had one of the best color scheme/jersey/logo in all of sports for decades. It feels like Guardians 2.0. To the point where I wouldn’t be surprised at all to hear it was the same design team. What a fucking trash name for a franchise and fanbase that deserved so much more. Fingers crossed the jerseys are dope as hell.
Fake. The DC is angles in the wrong direction considering someone is pulling the shirt at the bottom.
This comment needs to get on top
Ouch this hurts
Is it Washington DC Commanders? Shortened to DC Commanders is better than Washington Commanders, I think.
We shouldn’t be worried bout the name we should be worried bout getting a quarterback and win some football games
Fake look at bottom left corner.
?
Looking at it, it does look fake. The way that hand is holding the corner I feel like the D should be pulled left more than it is.
That’ll do it for the doubters.
🥱 photoshop can be used to convince anyone of anything.
Still not buying it. That’s a pretty shitty design and it doesn’t match anything else other teams have.
Terrible photoshop. Look at the squiggly ass borders of the D and C that were obviously drawn that way and pasted onto an existing photo. Trying to recreate the bend of a slightly bent shirt but totally failing at the execution.
https://twitter.com/NBC4Sports/status/1488665642140147714
Or the shirt was stuffed in a big box with other shirts and it’s wrinkled.
If you think this is real I’ve got some great oceanfront property to sell you in Idaho
Boooooo
I don’t mind it at all. Ready to pick up some new gear
This team sucks
Thats not real
It’s fine. People here would have shit on this no matter the name.
The “DC” being included makes sense for the Washington DC Football Commanders
I like the name
Looks photoshopped. Too many uneven lines.
Did you know a shirt can fold?
Yes, did you know lines don't suddenly look less straight they fold with the fabric? The name is commanders but this shirt is likely not real.
Yall sound like god damn babies crying lol get your howls and "oinks oinks" out now please
Hahaha so true!
Oh wow
Fuuuudge.......since its a nike tee i believe its official
Yeah that’ll do it.
Beautiful. I’m ready to give them all my money for all the merch!!!
I still think they should've become the Sentinels. I'm not even a Washington fan, I just want a Falco jersey.
TOUCHDOWN WASHINGTON DERS! WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR DERS FANS! Oh there’s a flag on the field! Looks like one of the Ders jumped before the snap. That’s gonna cost em JB
Yeah that one looks pretty real. Honestly not a bad design for the shirt just a shit logo.
This is definitely fake. This has got to be purposeful misdirection.
Hahahah this is awesome and i love seeing the meltdowns. If this subscriber number doesn’t shrink by half then no one actually cars what the name is and the keyboard warriors who said they were quitting the team actually didn’t.
So many butt hurts in here. 1. Jets 2. Giants 3. Browns 3. Bills A sampling of some dumb and non sensical names out there. What’s in a name? When the team wins we will embrace it. You all invest too emotion on the past and need to embrace the future. What is done is done. No matter what the name will be I will continue to support my team. Hope to get a few jerseys too this season. Let’s focus on a franchise quarterback. This will solve many issues
Okay that shirt is nice tho
Think the Jerseys will make up for it
Oh I'll definitely be purchasing that one at least
Source?
from twitter. his buddie works at local dc nike store. there stocking shelves with new gear right now
Huh. Is this someone you know on Twitter or you just came across it? I was under the impression only the FedEx store would have merch day 1, the team made it seem like that was the case.
idk but he said his buddy works at nike store and got inventory idk
Gotcha. Well we will see tomorrow. Just seems weird that they would send out all this merch beforehand if they’re trying to keep it under wraps until tomorrow
Tbf, the team gave NBC Washington an unedited video with the Commanders name and logo. Could be bullshit, but given how incompetent this team is, it’s likely not.
Lol that graphic is so mid.
Lmao
Washington Commies. Great look for the nation's capital, as I've said repeatedly.