Washington’s NFL team to reveal new name Feb. 2. And it won’t be RedWolves.

Washington’s NFL squad announced Tuesday it volition unveil its caller sanction connected Feb. 2 and that it volition not beryllium called the Wolves oregon RedWolves.

Commanders, Defenders, Red Hogs, Armada, Presidents, Brigade and the presumption quo “Washington Football Team” were the different finalists.

Team president Jason Wright said the determination was made not to spell with Wolves oregon RedWolves due to the fact that of trademarks held by different organizations. Those possibilities were fashionable among Washington fans.

The caller helmets and uniforms volition inactive diagnostic the franchise’s signature burgundy-and-gold colors. A video teasing the uncover besides included a “W” logo making an appearance.

The enactment dropped its aged sanction successful July 2020 aft decades of complaints that it was racist toward Native Americans and caller unit from squad sponsors. The determination was made to beryllium known arsenic the Washington Football Team that season, which stuck astir for 2021 portion the beforehand bureau went done a lengthy rebranding process.

“Our travel to a caller individuality is simply a marathon, not a sprint,” Wright said successful a trailer astir the caller name. “To get it right, we had to instrumentality each measurement of the process seriously, and the destination is simply a sum of each those parts.”

Washington was the archetypal squad successful the 4 large North American nonrecreational sports leagues to determination distant from Native American imagery amid a nationalist reckoning connected race. Cleveland successful Major League Baseball followed suit, adopting the caller sanction Guardians that is present successful effect.

MLB’s Atlanta Braves and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks person defended keeping their names.

Wright made it wide during the rebranding process that Washington would not usage immoderate benignant of Native American imagery moving forward. He, manager Ron Rivera and others person made references to wanting to grant the once-storied franchise’s tradition, which includes 3 Super Bowl championships.