Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has prompt on a number of events that he’s “100%” assured he’ll “be throwing some passes to” vast receiver Terry McLaurin through the 2025 season.
It appears Daniels might have had some inside info.
NFL insider Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated revealed Friday that the scenario involving the Commanders and McLaurin “is in a greater spot than it’s been” for the reason that 29-year-old requested a commerce on July 31.
“The perimeters began out fairly far aside,” wrote Breer, “so there was a number of floor to make up. Perhaps the deadlines within the subsequent couple of weeks will assist push an settlement via.”
The “fairly far aside” line could also be referencing a previous report that claimed “one particular person with data of McLaurin’s contract negotiations” mentioned he had “requested for greater than” the typical annual worth connected 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 through a multiyear extension.
Coming off their journey to this 12 months’s NFC Championship Recreation, the Commanders seemingly won’t be trading McLaurin’s rights anytime quickly. At this level, Washington buying an appropriate alternative for McLaurin and getting him acquainted with the workforce’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 appears like the 2 sides might work one thing out.
