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John KeimAug 2, 2025, 08:33 AM 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.
ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Commanders manager Dan Quinn said receiver Terry McLaurin's commercialized petition is not a distraction, calling it a mean portion of concern successful the NFL.
McLaurin requested a commercialized Thursday aft talks connected a declaration hold continued to supply nary momentum towards a deal. McLaurin is considered a hold-in and was placed connected the physically incapable to execute database aft reporting connected July 27. He held retired for the archetypal 4 days of camp.
Quinn said McLaurin informed him of his petition earlier it went public.
"We emotion Terry and are truly gladsome he's present and anticipation he's practicing soon," Quinn said, "but I besides recognize the concern broadside of things. That's what they're moving through. I emotion coaching him."
Quinn said helium didn't request to code the concern with players to marque definite it doesn't go a distraction.
"Players contiguous are much alert of contracts than they utilized to be," Quinn said. "They admit that's the concern part. For the squad we're conscionable rocking. For Terry, the commercialized request, that's portion of mean concern that's happening astir the NFL. We recognize it.
"This radical is choky and they're focused connected what they person to do."
The sides person been acold isolated for a agelong clip successful their negotiations, according to aggregate sources. Washington has been reluctant to wage a receiver top-of-the-market wealth erstwhile he'll beryllium 31 arsenic the hold begins.
McLaurin's antagonistic is Pittsburgh Steelers receiver D.K. Metcalf, who signed a woody worthy $32.5 cardinal per twelvemonth this offseason. They were successful the aforesaid draught people and person comparable statistics, though Metcalf is 2 years younger.
McLaurin is successful the last twelvemonth of a three-year woody worthy $68.4 million. He turns 30 successful September.
Quinn said he's not amazed it's reached this point, but that helium leaves the negotiations to wide manager Adam Peters.
"I effort to debar judging it," Quinn said. "I admit players are trying to acceptable themselves and their families up, truthful I effort not to enactment myself successful that spot. It's excessively casual to say, 'Man, if I had that overmuch I would beryllium this oregon that.' So I don't spell there. I effort to enactment him arsenic champion I can, but we don't sermon the concern portion of things."
McLaurin is Washington's apical wideout, coming disconnected a play successful which helium caught a career-best 13 touchdown passes. He has surpassed 1,000 yards for 5 consecutive seasons and is coming disconnected his 2nd Pro Bowl appearance. McLaurin has been beloved by fans and profoundly respected successful the locker country since entering the NFL arsenic a third-round prime successful 2019.
For now, though, he's rehabbing an ankle that primitively bothered him precocious successful the play and signing autographs for fans aft practice. He sits successful connected meetings and attends walk-throughs. But some helium and the squad are anxious to get him backmost connected the field.
"It's an affectional time," Quinn said. "I conscionable effort to marque definite to enactment the subordinate arsenic champion I can."
