ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn stated receiver Terry McLaurin’s commerce request isn’t a distraction, calling it a traditional a part of enterprise within the NFL.
McLaurin requested a commerce Thursday after talks on a contract extension continued to supply no momentum towards a deal. McLaurin is taken into account a hold-in and was positioned on the bodily unable to carry out checklist after reporting on July 27. He held out for the primary 4 days of camp.
Quinn stated McLaurin knowledgeable him of his request earlier than it went public.
“We love Terry and are actually glad he is right here and hope he is training quickly,” Quinn stated, “however I additionally perceive the enterprise aspect of issues. That is what they’re working by way of. I really like teaching him.”
Quinn stated he did not want to deal with the scenario with gamers to ensure it does not turn into a distraction.
“Gamers as we speak are extra conscious of contracts than they was,” Quinn stated. “They acknowledge that is the enterprise half. For the staff, we’re simply rocking. For Terry, the commerce request, that is a part of regular enterprise that is occurring across the NFL. We perceive it.
“This group is tight they usually’re centered on what they must do.”
The edges have been far aside for a very long time of their negotiations, in keeping with a number of sources. Washington has been reluctant to pay a receiver top-of-the-market cash when he’ll be 31 because the extension begins.
McLaurin’s counter is Pittsburgh Steelers receiver DK Metcalf, who signed a deal price $32.5 million per 12 months this offseason. They had been in the identical draft class and have comparable statistics, however Metcalf is 2 years youthful.
McLaurin is within the last 12 months of a three-year deal price $68.4 million. He turns 30 in September.
Quinn stated he’s not stunned it has reached this level, however that he leaves the negotiations to basic supervisor Adam Peters.
“I attempt to keep away from judging it,” Quinn stated. “I acknowledge gamers are attempting to set themselves and their households up, so I strive to not put myself in that spot. It is too straightforward to say, ‘Man, if I had that a lot I’d be this or that.’ So I do not go there. I attempt to help him as greatest I can, however we do not talk about the finance a part of issues.”
McLaurin is Washington’s prime wideout, coming off a season through which he caught a career-best 13 landing passes. He has surpassed 1,000 yards for 5 consecutive seasons and is coming off his second Professional Bowl look. McLaurin has been beloved by followers and deeply revered within the locker room since coming into the NFL as a third-round choose in 2019.
For now, although, he is rehabbing an ankle that initially bothered him late within the season and signing autographs for followers after follow. He sits in on conferences and attends walk-throughs. Each he and the staff are anxious to get him again on the sector.
“It is an emotional time,” Quinn stated. “I simply strive to ensure to help the participant as greatest I can.”