ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin, who final week expressed frustration with negotiations for a contract extension, did not report back to coaching camp Tuesday, sources advised ESPN.
McLaurin was not current for the Commanders’ conditioning check Tuesday that marked an unofficial begin of coaching camp.
McLaurin mentioned final week that “with none progressive discussions, it is sort of exhausting to see how I step on the sector.” He additionally mentioned the edges had not talked in additional than a month. By not reporting, McLaurin shall be fined $50,000 for every day missed.
However Commanders normal supervisor Adam Peters mentioned, “We have had some good conversations lately and we’ll proceed to. We’ll do the whole lot we are able to to get a deal accomplished.”
McLaurin has one yr left on a three-year, $68 million extension he signed in 2022. He has not publicly acknowledged what kind of contract he is in search of however mentioned final week that he desires to really feel valued and “With how the market is at this time, 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 — second most within the NFL.
He is additionally thought-about a workforce chief — he was voted by teammates as a captain throughout the postseason final yr (they rotated captains throughout the common season) — and a fan favourite.
“Indubitably, everyone on this constructing values Terry very a lot,” Peters mentioned.
McLaurin turns 30 in September, an age at which groups usually consider a receiver begins to fade. McLaurin identified final week that he has solely been within the NFL for seven seasons, 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 wished them to view it on a “case by case” foundation, McLaurin mentioned.
Peters mentioned the hot button is ensuring to execute a contract that’s truthful to either side, juggling what McLaurin has meant to the franchise whereas specializing in the longer term.
“That is all the time the difficult a part of any negotiation is to determine all that out,” Peters mentioned. “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 suits within the assemble of what we need to do and the way we need to construct it.”
Peters was an assistant normal supervisor in San Francisco when the 49ers handled a number of coaching camp holdouts whereas understanding new offers, together with with receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. in 2022 and defensive finish Joey Bosa in 2023. Peters wasn’t immediately concerned in these talks however mentioned he understood how they unfolded.
“It is the character of our enterprise,” Peters mentioned. “You’d wish to get this stuff accomplished faster, however it would not all the time occur that means. … You are coping with a very good participant and actually good individual and also you by no means lose sight of that and ensure each dialog you may have could be very easy and in good religion and protecting that mindset all through … understanding our objective is to get a deal accomplished.
“No matter occurs alongside the way in which simply perceive he is an important participant and we need to hold him right here.”
ESPN’s Adam Schefter contributed to this report.