Why don’t any Redskin players wear the Team Captain Patch on Game Jerseys?

[S4L]

Tell me if I’m wrong, but has anyone noticed that no one on the team wears a captain patch on his uniform? I’ve seen just about every other team do it.

We all know that Goodell made this change at the beginning of last year to designate team captains on the field similar to hockey. Not sure what the 4 or 5 stars are for underneath the “C”, but I would assume the stars marks every year you are a captain.

Just wanted to know if anyone else noticed or even cares about it.

[BlueInCanada]

Snyder is the only captain of the 'Skins.

[cathartic-j]

They choose new captains for every game, so they were allowed to skip the commisioner's initiative. Unsewing and resewing patches for every game would be a little over-the-top...(I think there were a couple other teams in the same boat.)

[ClintonINFORSIX26]

Idk that might have been Joe Gibbs choice....maybe Zorn will want Captains and we will do that

[DCchillin89]

They choose new captains for every game, so they were allowed to skip the commisioner's initiative. Unsewing and resewing patches for every game would be a little over-the-top...(I think there were a couple other teams in the same boat.)

Yep, It's a revolving door for captains chosing each week. 1 defense, 1 offense, and I am pretty sure a special teamer. A bunch of teams are in the same boat. I actually think the patriots do the same thing. I actaully kind of like the C thing and I hope we have permanent captains, especially since a few of the Skins (Rock, CP, London) emerged as great leaders after Sean Died.

[ChiefPowhatan17]

I am a traditionalist when it comes to what goes on the jerseys. I hope we never wear the "C" patch for any Redskins.

[cathartic-j]

From a WP article about the subject:

"A player receives a gold star for each year he is a team captain..."

"Teams were allowed to determine how they wanted to select their captains. Six teams -- the Ravens, Redskins, Packers, Jaguars, Vikings and Eagles -- opted for weekly captains, which means some of the league's biggest stars and archetypal leaders -- Lewis, Steve McNair, Brett Favre and Donovan McNabb -- aren't wearing the patches...The patches are not mandatory."

[SKINS FAN #56]

As dumb as this may sound, I never even knew any team wore them.

[Loxley]

As dumb as this may sound, I never even knew any team wore them.

I am sailing in the good ship "never noticed" along with you then buddy. I thought we had different captains every week for coin tosses etc (from reading the Captain Chaos story a while back) but I never realised other teams had designated captains.

[KDawg]

They choose new captains for every game, so they were allowed to skip the commisioner's initiative. Unsewing and resewing patches for every game would be a little over-the-top...(I think there were a couple other teams in the same boat.)

I could be wrong, but don't the players get new jerseys every week? This is one area where I'm not quite sure.

I'd say the reason we didn't have the patch wasn't because of sewing and unsewing, but rather the fact that we have rotating captains.

[SkinsMaster88]

As dumb as this may sound, I never even knew any team wore them.

For reference to those who didn't notice the captain patches, this is an example:


From the WP article on it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...100202457.html

'Teams that designate season-long captains can have up to six players wear the "C" patch on their uniforms. The patches are not mandatory.

"We felt that re-establishing the role of captains, where you could see that leadership come through in the locker room on a season-long basis, was critical," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN's Chris Mortensen in an interview in early September. "So we're celebrating, we're acknowledging and we're promoting the values that come with being captains and that leadership responsibility that comes with it." '

[Buford]

unsewing? They probably don't wear the same gameday jersey twice.

[HogNose]

I could be wrong, but don't the players get new jerseys every week? This is one area where I'm not quite sure.

Hmm, good question. I just thought they washed them in a cauldron of Tide unless they were ripped.

[KNGwithOUTaCrwN]

never even realized this

[HogNose]

"Teams were allowed to determine how they wanted to select their captains. Six teams -- the Ravens, Redskins, Packers, Jaguars, Vikings and Eagles -- opted for weekly captains, which means some of the league's biggest stars and archetypal leaders -- Lewis, Steve McNair, Brett Favre and Donovan McNabb -- aren't wearing the patches...The patches are not mandatory."

That's strange because Favre did wear the "C" patch all season.