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Report: Washington Football Team to Go Without Nickname, Update Jerseys for 2020

The Washington Football Team will become the temporary name for the NFL franchise as it explores a rebrand, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The uniforms will be amended to reflect the change as well.

Adam Schefter

Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the “Washington Football Team”, pending adoption of a new name, sources tell ESPN. This is not a final renaming and rebranding for team; this is the name it wants to use until pending adoption of a new name in the future. https://t.co/sBs0Uo0ICm

Adam Schefter

Washington will not have any change to its color scheme.