10 funniest tweets trolling announcement of Washington Football Team
By Mike Luciano
Not everyone was satisfied with Washington’s new name.
The NFL team over in Washington has decided on their new name, and Dan Snyder opted for the extremely generic “Washington Football Team” rather than a more distinctive, permanent name like the Redtails or Redwolves.
Naturally, when Snyder chose his underwhelming new name, fans of all 31 other teams pounced, unleashing some A+ jokes on Twitter.
Twitter had a great time roasting Dan Snyder after picking Washington’s new name.
The rebranding of the Bullets in the NBA went much smoother than the capital city’s NFL team.
We had the Washington Bullets and now we have the Washington Blanks.
— Eric Adelson (@eric_adelson) July 23, 2020
Even LeBron James couldn’t believe that they actually chose the most generic name possible.
Just waking back up from my pregame nap to see about The Washington Football team??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Is that real?? No way! Oh man they had a thorough intense long board meeting about that one huh. 🥴🤦🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 23, 2020
Maybe the Faceless Men from Game of Thrones had some input in the name change
Redskins- let’s pick a new team name.
— Uncle Don (@DS23__) July 23, 2020
Dan Snyder- “A team has no name” pic.twitter.com/39IbLv3SMJ
If the name is this generic, expect that to trickle down to the players on the field.
https://twitter.com/currypiston/status/1286367509323669504
Rob Lowe has finally found a team generic enough to support.
The Washington Football Team biggest fan pic.twitter.com/HFq1dKuAOE
— Tra Andrews (@TraAndrews16) July 23, 2020
Some took issue with the fact that Washington fancies themselves a “football team” given the recent lack of success.
Given their record the last 20 years, Washington “Football Team” is more offensive than the last one
— Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) July 23, 2020
This team had the perfect opportunity to rebrand as the Sentinels, and they dropped the ball.
Why doesn’t the Washington Football Team just change their names to the Sentinels and put some respect on Shane Falco’s name? #washingtonfootballteam pic.twitter.com/meUSK7LwJY
— Kevin Freije (@the_freij) July 23, 2020
At least Washington has a serviceable placeholder, unlike the Dallas Cowboys fans.
Washington football at least understands the importence of a good placeholder pic.twitter.com/fWCxSVdzQE
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) July 23, 2020
Still, Cowboys fans came ready with shots against their old rival on Twitter, claiming the Huskies up in Seattle are the true “Washington Football Team.”
The true Washington Football Team pic.twitter.com/jZJvbhJSIE
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) July 23, 2020
Philadelphia Eagles fans seem to think that this newly-branded team won’t be much of a threat.
The new moniker is much better than their old, offensive one, but that doesn’t make it any less hilarious. While the 2021 season will bring with it a new nickname that, hopefully, the entire DC fanbase can rally around, they will need to take their lumps in 2020 due to this horrible choice of a new name.