ASHBURN, Va. — Terry McLaurin reported to the Washington Commanders‘ coaching camp Sunday, ending his contract-related holdout, and was positioned on the bodily unable to carry out listing with an ankle harm, the workforce introduced.
“It was nice, and we’re actually pumped he is right here,” coach Dan Quinn stated. “He is such an superior competitor. We had the possibility to spend a while collectively yesterday, so, yeah, nice to see.”
McLaurin, 29, is within the last yr of a three-year, $68.3 million deal, which locations him seventeenth amongst all vast receivers in common annual worth ($22.7M). Quinn stated normal supervisor Adam Peters and different entrance workplace personnel proceed to work towards a cope with McLaurin and his illustration.
McLaurin stated he was “disappointed” and “frustrated” about the situation in mid-July and was not sure if he would report back to camp. He ended up being absent for the Commanders’ first three practices.
“I have been fairly annoyed, I am not going to lie,” McLaurin stated. “All the things that has transpired up thus far has been disappointing and irritating. I wish to proceed my profession right here, I’ve created my life right here, my spouse and I’ve purchased our first house right here. So this has been someplace the place I’ve all the time wished to be. Simply to see how issues have performed out has been disappointing. Clearly I perceive the whole lot is a enterprise, however on the identical time I wish to put myself able the place I am valued and I really feel appreciated and issues like that. Sadly that hasn’t transpired the best way I would like it to, so I am simply making an attempt to take issues daily.”
Quinn stated McLaurin’s ankle harm occurred on the finish of final season and lingered — one thing he deemed “not unusual” — therefore McLaurin’s placement on the PUP listing.
“We do not know a lot at present,” Quinn stated. “We’ll need to do extra follow-up on the medical facet after which doing assessments and see the place he is at, so we’ll put a greater timeline collectively as soon as he form of goes by way of, see the place he feels at. The one factor that we all know, we’ve got a extremely good course of for this.”
McLaurin was a second-team All-Professional final season and made his second profession Professional Bowl after posting 82 catches for 1,096 yards and a franchise-record 13 touchdowns. After enjoying alongside a litany of quarterbacks, McLaurin and Offensive Rookie of the 12 months Jayden Daniels had been two of the catalysts for Washington’s breakthrough 12-5 marketing campaign that included the franchise’s first NFC Championship Recreation look for the reason that 1991 season.