Commanders plan to add famous spear logo to helmets while not admitting it's obvious nod to Redskins history

No, they're not calling the add-on a Native American spear.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.

This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.That would be too politically incorrect for the franchise that in 2020 abandoned the Redskins nickname and accompanying logos it had carried since 1937.Washington Redskins Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen looks downfield in a 1968 game at RFK Stadium.(NFL)JASON KELCE CALLS THE COMMANDERS THE 'REDSKINS' DURING GAME, IMMEDIATELY APOLOGIZES SO AS TO NOT GET CANCELEDThey're instead trying to somehow thread a proverbial needle between the politically correct present and their traditional past by calling it a Commanders spear.Whatever that is.The looming change was first reported by uniform and design expert Zach Cohen and confirmed by an NFL source.But we should have known this was possible in April when the club rolled out the spear as part of its 2026 alternate uniform.And then club owner Josh Harris attended a fan rally in London on Saturday – before his team played the Indianapolis Colts the following day – and he wore a cap with the spear piercing the W on it."I like the spear," Harris told reporters at the rally.

"I mean, what can I say? It brings everything together a little bit.It brings obviously the special forces, and Native Americans and Roman gladiators."I like the spear.

And, obviously, we had it on our helmet way back."Yeah, who knew the spear is about special forces? Hopefully, American special forces aren't carrying those around in Iran.SUPER BOWL CHAMPION JOE THEISMANN EXPLAINS WHY COMMANDERS ARE POISED TO BOUNCE BACK FROM DISAPPOINTING SEASONWashington Redskins running back A.D.Whitfield carries the football during a 38-28 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sept.

15, 1968, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill.(NFL)The decision is not yet final, the NFL source confirmed to...

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