Washington’s NFL team could be closing in on determining a new nickname, and new head coach Ron Rivera is hopeful that the name could be changed in time for the 2020 season.
After stadium sponsor FedEx publicly requested that Daniel Snyder’s “team in Washington” change its name, the Redskins announced on Friday that the team would initiate a “thorough review of the team’s name.” In 2013, Snyder vowed that the name would “never” change, but according to the latest update from Rivera, it seems like a change could now be an inevitability.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Rivera said that he and Snyder have been working on potential nicknames, and without disclosing the options, Rivera said there are two that he likes.
Via the Washington Post:
“If we get it done in time for the season, it would be awesome…. We came up with a couple of names – two of them I really like.”
Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins, for one, likes the name Redtails, which would be a tribute to the legendary Tuskegee Airmen.
