Terry McLaurin appears to be executed with the Commanders.
The star huge receiver has requested a commerce from Washington, NFL Insider Jordan Schultz first reported Thursday, immediately making him one of the crucial engaging gamers on the NFL’s commerce market.
McLaurin, getting into the ultimate season of his three-year, $68.4 million deal and up for an extension, has been in a contract stalemate with the Commanders all through the offseason.
The 29-year-old held out for the primary 4 days of Washington’s coaching camp, earlier than arriving on Sunday with an ankle damage that landed him on the bodily unable to carry out checklist.
On July 15, the two-time Professional Bowler made it “abundantly clear” he wished to stick with the Commanders, however he expressed frustration at a scarcity of progress in talks of extension.
“I’ve been pretty frustrated, not going to lie,” McLaurin informed reporters. “Everything that has transpired has been pretty disappointing. I want to continue my career here, I’ve created my life here, so I want to be here. Just to see how things have played out has been disappointing.”
The wideout was fined $105,000 for skipping the Commanders’ obligatory minicamp earlier in the summertime, in accordance with The Washington Publish. These fines reportedly ballooned to over $300,000 after he skipped the primary 4 days of coaching camp.
McLaurin, who has spent every of his six seasons within the NFL with the Commanders, was a key cog to final 12 months’s workforce, which went 12-5 and made it to the NFC title recreation below rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels earlier than dropping to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion Eagles.
McLaurin developed noticeable chemistry with Daniels. The pair linked for 1,096 yards and 13 touchdowns within the common season, and for 227 yards and three touchdowns in three playoff video games.
But when McLaurin does get traded, the newly acquired Deebo Samuel would slot into Washington’s WR1 spot, with huge receiver Noah Brown and tight finish Zach Ertz remaining key members of the workforce’s receiving corps.
Washington will play its common season opener towards the Giants at dwelling on Sept. 7.
