Washington Commanders to debut new NFL identity

[DG_ThenNowForever]

11 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

What part of saying a number is tripping you up?

 

The "th" sound is tough for some people, and especially some people who speak English as a second language. "Thirt" is also a whole lot of consonants in a row, which I personally think is a pretty ugly sound.

 

Pronouncing "32s" as "Turty-twos" or "dirty-twos" would easier for some, but would also make no sense.

[monkeypower]

If 32s isn't to your liking, they could have done what the team formerly known as the Swift Current Indians, of Western Canadian summer collegiate baseball fame, did when they switched their name to the 57s in recognition of their 57 years, at the time, in exitance/as the Indians.

 

So the Washington 87s then.

[SSmith48]

12 minutes ago, kutztown said:

Not a fan of big huge word-marks on the front of jerseys.

The way that the *Commanders* seem to be doing it makes me inclined to agree with you in this case. The extra lines above and below the text is going to make this look super cheap. However, to share what I believe to be a VERY unpopular opinion, I do like how the Jets did it, without the extra bells and whistles, as their wordmark looks nice on the front of the jersey.

 

I'll be honest, if it wasn't going to be Warriors or Wolves, Commanders isn't a bad choice. Everything else just came off as super gimmicky or clunky. I am a but underwhelmed with the branding, as I think they just took the WFT branding and slightly tweaked it, given the similarities between the WFT W and the Commanders W. I would have liked to see a bit more imagination, maybe a soldier secondary. The patch-style logo is cool, but also screams overthought to me.

[WSU151]

10 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

"Thirt" is also a whole lot of consonants in a row, which I personally think is a pretty ugly sound.

 

 

 

There's a vowel in there. In the middle. 

[infrared41]

12 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

 

The "th" sound is tough for some people, and especially some people who speak English as a second language. "Thirt" is also a whole lot of consonants in a row, which I personally think is a pretty ugly sound.

 

Pronouncing "32s" as "Turty-twos" or "dirty-twos" would easier for some, but would also make no sense.

 By my count "thirt" has two consonants in a row before it gets to a vowel.

 

"Dirty-twos" is even better than 32s and it's a perfect fit for the Dan Snyder era.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

4 minutes ago, WSU151 said:

 

There's a vowel in there. In the middle. 

 

And yet you understood what I meant, that "thirt" is a consonant-heavy sound. But thank you for the "well, actually" interjection, which people always appreciate.

[DCarp1231]

“The People’s Team” is a clear jab at the Cowboys “America’s Team”

[infrared41]

3 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

 

And yet you understood what I meant, that "thirt" is a consonant-heavy sound. But thank you for the "well, actually" interjection, which people always appreciate.

 

 Look at the bright side, at least no one is talking about how the humor of the 32s thing flew right past you.

[SSmith48]

3 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

“The People’s Team” is a clear jab at the Cowboys “America’s Team”

And they might have less of a claim on that statement than the Cowboys do on theirs, which is saying a lot.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

3 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

 Look at the bright side, at least no one is talking about how the humor of the 32s thing flew right past you.

 

I understand that 32s is something some people like. I'm a general shrug to it; not every idea is a winner.

[tron1013]

Very rough take on what the logo may look like  on the burgundy helmet, given the image of the reflection in Rivers’s office didn’t appear to have a white stroke/outline separating the gold portions from the helmet’s base color.

[WSU151]

11 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

 

And yet you understood what I meant, that "thirt" is a consonant-heavy sound. But thank you for the "well, actually" interjection, which people always appreciate.

 

Consonant heavy, like Bills? 

[DCarp1231]

Okay so, the team may not be known as the “32s”, but I offer a solution that ties into the “Commanders” name-

 

Call the fans the “32nd Regiment”

[DenverKing]

1 hour ago, tron1013 said:

 

It's going to be Commanders. 

 

 

 

Thanks, I hate it

[ptay]

Source of the leak?

[infrared41]

51 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

 

I understand that 32s is something some people like. I'm a general shrug to it; not every idea is a winner.

 

Fair enough.

[DCarp1231]

[FinsUp1214]

To be honest, the more I’ve sat on it, the more I don’t mind “Commanders”. I’m not necessarily thrilled about it, but I certainly don’t hate it either. George Washington was both the Commander of the Continental Army and later, of course, Commander in Chief as President, so it’s a name that hits on both of the roles we know Washington for without heavily diving into one or the other (ex: “Generals” or “Presidents”). I have no idea of course if that’d be the reason they went for it, but it’s something that came to mind.

 

If the stencil “W” is real, that’d explain why I thought I was seeing a separate object within the “W” in the teaser. Ah well, it’s still fun to dissect and try to make sense of things like that.

 

The one thing I’m really not liking so far is that seal. There’s a bit too much going on there and looks too much like a high school seal to me. They could really do without that.

 

 

[ptay]

I'm also willing to bet the seal on the uniform doesn't include the outer white section with the team name and that stupid 'People's Team' slogan.

[spartacat_12]

Guess I wasn't quick enough

Edited January 7, 2022 by spartacat_12
DCarp1231 beat me to the punch