Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has steered on a number of events that he’s “a hundred percent” assured he’ll “be throwing some passes to” extensive receiver Terry McLaurin in the course of the 2025 season.
It appears Daniels might have had some inside data.
NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated revealed Friday that the state of affairs involving the Commanders and McLaurin “is in a greater spot than it’s been” because the 29-year-old requested a commerce on July 31.
“The perimeters began out fairly far aside,” wrote Breer, “so there was lots of floor to make up. Perhaps the deadlines within the subsequent couple of weeks will assist push an settlement by means of.”
The “fairly far aside” line could also be referencing a previous report that claimed “one individual with data of McLaurin’s contract negotiations” mentioned he had “requested for greater than” the common annual worth hooked up to DK Metcalf’s five-year, $150M deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. That very same story insinuated that Washington could also be extra comfy paying McLaurin round $27M or $28M per season by way of a multiyear extension.
Coming off their journey to this yr’s NFC Championship Sport, the Commanders possible won’t be trading McLaurin’s rights anytime quickly. At this level, Washington buying an appropriate alternative for McLaurin and getting him aware of the group’s offense in time for the Commanders’ Week 1 recreation in opposition to the New York Giants is unrealistic.
For an article revealed on Aug. 18, ESPN’s Ben Solak wrote that he believed the McLaurin-Commanders standoff would ultimately finish “with a compromise extension earlier than Week 1.”
It is unclear what McLaurin will do if this doesn’t happen earlier than the Giants matchup on Sept. 7, nevertheless it feels like the 2 sides may work one thing out.
