Official NFL store sells Redskins novelty license plates featuring an illustration of the wrong Washington

Redskins player with helmet.
(Image credit: Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

If you only have a passing interest in football, you might be forgiven for thinking the Washington Redskins play in Washington state. But if you are the NFL itself, you should probably know better.

Which makes this vanity plate, briefly for sale in the NFL's official online store, absolutely hilarious:

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.