Ex-NFL star mum on possibility of Trump’s name on Commanders’ new stadium, but excited for team’s return to DC

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The Washington Commanders will be returning to the site of RFK Stadium, where Joe Theismann became a household name.

It’s where the former NFL quarterback threw both his first and final NFL passes. After moving out of the nation’s capital to Landover, Maryland, in 1997, the Commanders are expected to return home in 2030.

“There’s an old saying, you can’t go home again. The Commanders are proving that you can,” Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

President Donald Trump reportedly wants his name attached to the upcoming stadium. While the White House would not confirm such reports, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it would be a “beautiful name, as it was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the new stadium possible