The Commanders’ former name and logo are gone. Unless they aren’t.
As explained by Eric Flack of WUSA, the Commanders are selling in their team store gear containing both the name and the logo.
The Commanders have insisted that the name and the logo are gone for good. They told Flack that they’re using both on a limited basis in order to preserve their trademark rights. And they stress that none of it means they’ll be going back to either.
Still, it feels as if the Commanders are periodically dipping a toe a little deeper into the water regarding the possibility of bringing back both.
Or maybe they’ve decided to pander, just a bit, to fans who want the old name and logo to return.
Without researching the niceties of copyright law, it seems possible to shelve trademarks indefinitely without making it open season on the protected name and logo.
And if they’re truly never going back to the name and the logo, why do they care about preserving the trademark rights? That fact alone suggests they’re reserving the right to bring both back — at the right time.
The Commanders signed offensive tackle D.J. Humphries to a one-year deal, according to multiple reports.
Humphries worked out for the team earlier in the day.
The Commanders needed help at the position with starting left tackle Laremy Tunsil out with a torn triceps.
Humphries, 32, appeared in eight games for the Rams last season, with one start, and he has started 101 career games.
The Cardinals drafted him in the first round in 2015.
He made two starts for the Chiefs in 2024.
The Commanders have let go of an offensive lineman.
Washington announced on Tuesday that the club has released offensive tackle Foster Sarell.
Sarell, 27, joined the Commanders in March for his second stint with the club. He previously as with Washington for the offseason program and training camp last year before he did not make the 53-man roster.
Sarell has also spent time with the Ravens, Giants, and Chargers. But he’s only appeared in games with Los Angeles, making 41 appearances with four starts over the last four seasons.
The Commanders announced the previously reported signing of linebacker Boogie Basham on Tuesday morning and they also made a number of other roster moves.
They have released safeties Will Harris and Malik Spencer while also placing linebacker Drake Jackson on injured reserve. They signed safeties Joshuah Bledsoe and Quindell Johnson to round out the transactions.
Harris started all nine games he played for the Commanders last season and finished the year with 38 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble. Jackson, who was a 2022 second-round pick by the 49ers, played in three games for Washington.
Bledsoe played for the Patriots for two seasons after being drafted in the sixth round in 2021. Johnson went undrafted earlier this year.
The Commanders are adding a veteran edge rusher to their roster.
According to multiple reports, the Commanders will sign linebacker Boogie Basham. Basham worked out for the team on Monday.
Basham played in three games for the Panthers last season and recorded four tackles. He then moved on to play for the DC Defenders during the 2026 UFL season and had 24 tackles, three sacks and two forced fumbles.
Basham entered the NFL as a Bills second-round pick in 2021. He spent two seasons in Buffalo before being traded to the Giants and spent two more seasons with the NFC East club.
Basham has 61 tackles, 4.5 sacks, an interception, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery for his career.
