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John KeimJul 15, 2025, 01:30 PM ET
- John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN successful 2013 aft a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the squad successful 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and aboriginal for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored 4 books. You tin besides perceive to him connected 'The John Keim Report', which airs connected ESPN Richmond radio.
Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin said he's frustrated and disappointed with the talks connected a declaration extension, saying they're entering crunch clip to get a caller woody done.
McLaurin, talking to reporters aft shooting a commercialized Tuesday, said "without immoderate progression discussions it's benignant of hard to spot however I measurement connected the field."
"I've been beauteous frustrated, not gonna lie," McLaurin told reporters. "Everything that has transpired has been beauteous disappointing. I privation to proceed my vocation here, I've created my beingness here, truthful I privation to beryllium here. Just to spot however things person played retired has been disappointing."
However, McLaurin, who has surpassed 1,000 yards receiving for 5 consecutive seasons, besides said, "I privation to beryllium here. I privation to marque that abundantly clear."
McLaurin skipped the team's mandatory minicamp past month. In 2022, helium signed a three-year hold worthy $68,364,000. This year, helium has a basal wage of $15.5 cardinal with a headdress deed of $25.5 million.
McLaurin said helium and the Commanders person not immoderate discussions successful the past month. He said helium hasn't decided whether helium volition study to grooming campy without his declaration concern resolved.
His comments travel a time aft chap Ohio State alumnus Garrett Wilson agreed to a four-year, $130 cardinal hold with the New York Jets. The $32.5 cardinal mean yearly worth ranks 5th among NFL wide receivers. McLaurin had a $23.25 cardinal mean successful his past deal, which present ranks 16th.
McLaurin said helium can't speculate connected however Wilson's woody affects his ain situation, but said the apical receivers are getting paid successful today's NFL and he's demonstrated helium is simply a No. 1 receiver.
Wilson volition crook 25 adjacent week. McLaurin, successful contrast, volition beryllium 30 successful September.
McLaurin is coming disconnected his astir productive season, aft playing with the champion backmost of his six-year vocation successful Jayden Daniels. Daniels, who is the 11th starting backmost McLaurin has played with successful his career, volition go Washington's archetypal backmost to unfastened consecutive seasons arsenic the starter since Kirk Cousins from 2015-17.
Last season, McLaurin recorded a career-best 13 touchdown receptions -- 1 less than his combined full implicit the erstwhile 3 years -- on with 82 catches for 1,096 yards.
He told reporters Tuesday that if the Commanders "don't consciousness I'm portion of their future, that's fine, conscionable archer maine that. I'm an big and tin grip hard truths."
