Commanders coach on Terry McLaurin commerce request: Enterprise as ordinary

Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn mentioned Saturday that he understands the enterprise facet of the game in relation to vast receiver Terry McLaurin requesting a commerce from the staff.

McLaurin requested for a change of surroundings on Thursday given his frustration with the shortage of progress in negotiations towards a contract extension. Quinn mentioned McLaurin instructed him of his plea for a commerce earlier than the information grew to become public.

“We love Terry. I am actually glad he is right here,” Quinn mentioned. “Hopefully he is out training quickly. We additionally perceive there’s the enterprise facet of this issues that (basic supervisor) Adam (Peters) and his facet and Terry and his reps are working it by. I simply sort of keep in that house. We acknowledge each are occurring.

“However like I mentioned, I am actually glad he is right here. I like teaching him. However the enterprise facet, that is sort of the place it is at. It isn’t — any individual requested me if it is a distraction — it’s not. Gamers at the moment, they’re extra conscious of contracts and issues perhaps than they was once. They acknowledge that enterprise half occurs, as nicely, so for the staff, we’re simply rocking and going and throwing some nice practices.

“For Terry and the commerce request, that is a part of regular enterprise that’s occurring across the NFL. It is regular, we perceive it, and we simply throw our absolute best practices out on the sector.”

McLaurin, who turns 30 in September, grew to become a hold-in and was positioned on the staff’s bodily unable to carry out listing with an obvious ankle damage suffered final season. He didn’t attend organized staff actions and obligatory minicamp. He did, nevertheless, take part in spring exercises.

With a base wage of $15.5 million and cap hit of $25.5 million within the last season of a three-year, $68.3 million contract, the speedster is coming off a profession yr with 1,096 receiving yards, 13 touchdowns and 82 receptions on 117 targets. He added three scores and 227 yards on 14 receptions in three playoff video games.

McLaurin and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels helped lead Washington to a 12-5 regular-season mark and its greatest season because it gained the Tremendous Bowl in 1991. The Commanders knocked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the NFC wild-card spherical and Detroit Lions within the divisional spherical earlier than falling to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles within the NFC Championship Recreation.

Over six seasons with Washington, the two-time Professional Bowl choice (2022, 2024) has 6,379 receiving yards, 38 touchdowns and 460 catches in 97 video games.

A staff captain, McLaurin has hit the 1,000-yard mark for a franchise-record 5 straight seasons regardless of instability on the quarterback place earlier than Daniels’ NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yr marketing campaign.

–Subject Degree Media