Washington’s football team is now the Washington Football Team

Washington’s football team has a new name for the 2020 season but it’s not a permanent one.

Washington’s football team is now the Washington Football Team for the upcoming season, according to NBC Sports Washington.

This will buy the franchise more time to come up with a new name after announcing earlier this month that they were retiring the name Redskins after nearly 90 years.

The Eagles will open their 2020 season against the Washington Football Team at FedEx Field on Sept. 13 with Washington wearing these logo-less helmets, according to ESPN. They’re keeping the same color scheme:

Washington will not have any change to its color scheme. It will still use burgundy and gold. The Redskins logo on the helmet will be replaced by the player’s number in gold. The Washington Football Team will debut its home uniforms in week 1 against the Eagles. pic.twitter.com/8DpC6b0Tyj
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 23, 2020

In addition, Schefter reports that the team is hoping to completely eliminate the Redskins name from physical and digital spaces in the next 50 days. By the opener, Washington hopes to be rebranded (for now) as the Washington Football Team.

On Thursday, the franchise changed its Twitter name and image:

The boys are back in town 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sFj8dF9auf
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) July 23, 2020

Eventually, the franchise will come up with a new team name but they’re not rushing into it.

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