If Magic Johnson does change the Commanders moniker in Washington ... former star running back Brian Mitchell tells TMZ Sports he's sure fans would be in favor of it.
When we spoke with Mitchell -- who played in Washington for 10 years -- about it all on Friday ... he made it clear he doesn't believe there would be many Washington fans who would be opposed.
"I think people had started to like the Washington Football Team [name]," the former All-Pro said."Then you change it to a name that I don't think many, many people voted on or cared for. And, so, if it wanted to change, I don't think you'd have a lot of uproar with people."Mitchell, though, did caution that it might be a lot for some fans to swallow. After all, it would be the fourth name the team's had since 2020.
Then again, Mitchell made it clear ..."you spend six billion, you get the right to name it whatever you want to name it!" Potential team name change aside, Mitchell said he was fired up for Magic and the rest of the new owners to
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