{"id":219029,"date":"2025-07-19T08:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/219029\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:47:15","slug":"ex-washington-super-bowl-champ-wants-old-team-name-back-pleads-for-meeting-w-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/219029\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Washington Super Bowl Champ Wants Old Team Name Back, Pleads For Meeting W\/ Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ex-Washington Star Jason Buck<br \/>\n                          I Want Our Old Team Name Back<br \/>\n                          &#8230; Trump, Let&#8217;s Meet!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 19, 2025 12:20 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1de5fc5852a249fc8736f701f28ce103_md.jpg\" alt=\"jason-buck-name-change-reaction-kal-07-10-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>Former Washington pass rusher Jason Buck would love to see his old team get its prior moniker back &#8230; and he tells TMZ Sports he&#8217;d &#8220;give anything&#8221; to sit down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> to try to ensure it happens.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-defensive lineman &#8212; who won a Super Bowl with Washington &#8212; chopped it up with us in the days after Trump told the world he wants D.C.&#8217;s NFL team to go back to its former nickname &#8230; and he said he couldn&#8217;t agree more with POTUS.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250710_d178aba83f104704b75ac7ee8f22366a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c3d309ba-a706-461e-8381-2c0525332294\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/d178aba83f104704b75ac7ee8f22366a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Buck getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buck told us when the former name got the boot in 2020 due to concerns surrounding its controversial origins &#8230; he felt like someone had just uprooted his household.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like your grandma passed away, and your grandpa marries a new woman and she comes in and takes all the pictures out of the house and puts hers up,&#8221; Buck said. &#8220;It&#8217;s like, you just lost your family. It was devastating to everybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250708_3d919902a4994021a3996ecfd111e04e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c3d309ba-a706-461e-8381-2c0525332294\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3d919902a4994021a3996ecfd111e04e_md.jpg\" alt=\"washington commanders redskins logo\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buck, a Native American, told us he and a lot of his other former teammates are wishing the Commanders would revert back &#8230; and he&#8217;s even joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nagaeducation.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Native American Guardians Association<\/a> to help &#8220;educate&#8221; those who aren&#8217;t in favor of the switch.<\/p>\n<p>As for his potential meeting with Trump, 61-year-old Buck said his message to 45\/47 be simple &#8230; &#8220;Stand with us and stand for common sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/450418ebb66848eeb44f4dcb05a5e96a_md.jpg\" alt=\"jason-buck-players-involved-kal-07-10-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>For the team&#8217;s part, our sources told us earlier this month there is no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/07\/washington-commanders-name-change-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> reconsidering<\/a> going on at the moment &#8230; even if the team has leaned a bit more <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Commanders\/status\/1945571829852029038\/photo\/1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">into its past<\/a> this year than recent ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-Washington Star Jason Buck I Want Our Old Team Name Back &#8230; Trump, Let&#8217;s Meet!!! 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