ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin, who final week expressed frustration with negotiations for a contract extension, didn’t report back to coaching camp Tuesday, sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
McLaurin was not current for the Commanders’ conditioning take a look at Tuesday that marked an unofficial begin of coaching camp.
McLaurin stated final week that “with none progressive discussions it is form of onerous to see how I step on the sector.” He additionally stated the perimeters had not talked in additional than a month. By not reporting McLaurin shall be fined $50,000 for every day missed.
However Commanders common supervisor Adam Peters stated, “We have had some good conversations not too long ago and we’ll proceed to. We’ll do every little thing we are able to to get a deal completed.”
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McLaurin has one 12 months left on a three-year, $68 million extension he signed in 2022. He has not publicly acknowledged what kind of contract he is on the lookout for however stated final week that he desires to really feel valued and “With how the market is immediately it conveys what guys of my caliber are deserving of.”
A number of notable receivers signed long-term offers this offseason, together with the Cincinnati Bengals’ Tee Higgins (4 years, $115 million with $40.9 million assured), Pittsburgh Steelers’ DK Metcalf (4 years, $132 million with $60 million assured) and the New York Jets’ Garrett Wilson (4 years, $130 million, $90 million assured).
McLaurin has been Washington’s prime receiver since getting into the NFL as a third-round decide in 2019. He has surpassed 1,000 yards every of the previous 5 seasons and caught 13 landing passes final season – tied for second most within the NFL.
He is additionally thought of a group chief — he was voted by teammates as a captain throughout the postseason final 12 months (they rotated captains throughout the common season) — and a fan favourite.
“No doubt everyone on this constructing values Terry very a lot,” Peters stated.
McLaurin turns 30 in September, an age the place groups typically imagine a receiver begins to fade. McLaurin identified final week that he is solely been within the NFL for seven seasons and didn’t play a lot his first two seasons at Ohio State and did not need to be judged by what others did previously.
He needed them to view it on a “case by case” foundation, McLaurin stated.
Peters stated the bottom line is ensuring to execute a contract that’s truthful to each side, juggling what McLaurin has meant to the franchise whereas specializing in the long run.
“That is all the time the tough a part of any negotiation is to determine all that out,” Peters stated. “I do not suppose I have been a part of a negotiation the place it is linear and clean; [it’s] understanding the place they’re at and the place we’re at. It is the nuance of staying above board and negotiating in good religion so long as it matches within the assemble of what we need to do and the way we need to construct it.”
Peters was an assistant common supervisor in San Francisco when the San Francisco 49ers handled a number of coaching camp holdouts whereas understanding new offers, together with with receiver Deebo Samuel in 2022 and defensive finish Joey Bosa in 2023. Peters wasn’t immediately concerned in these talks however stated understood how they unfolded.
“It is the character of our enterprise,” Peters stated. “You’d wish to get these items completed faster but it surely does not all the time occur that manner. … You are coping with a extremely good participant and actually good individual and also you by no means lose sight of that and ensure each dialog you’ve gotten could be very straight ahead and in good religion and conserving that mindset all through… understanding our aim is to get a deal completed.
“No matter occurs alongside the best way simply perceive he is a fantastic participant and we need to maintain him right here.”
