Dan Orlovsky rips Commanders for Terry McLaurin contract negotiations, trade request

by: Barkley Truax 48 minutes ago BarkleyTruax

ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky called out the Washington Commanders for how they’ve handled star WR Terry McLaurin’s contract negotiations and subsequent trade request. He called it “one of the dumbest things” to have happened in the NFL this offseason.

The “maddening” situation continues as training camp is fully underway. Orlovsky didn’t hold back when discussing Washington’s past and what it might have looked like McLaurin-less.

“Respectfully, Washington, you were a dumpster fire for years. You were a laughing stock,” Orlovsky said during First Take on Wednesday. “The only good thing about your organization was that young man. Every year, he did it. Year after year after year, for like five or six years, with disaster all around you. He was the only reason why anyone spoke somewhat positively about your organization.

“If you don’t have him, you erase everything that you did last year. Everything that you did. I’m being respectful to Dan Quinn and Adam Peters and what they did last year. You need him.”

McLaurin scored 13 touchdowns — six more than any other season in his career — while hauling in 82 receptions for 1,096 yards for the Commanders last season. 2024 was his fifth straight 1,000-yard season with the Commanders, and his sixth overall in the league.

Washington finished the regular season with a 12-5 record and finished one game shy of making it to the Super Bowl. McLaurin played a massive role in that effort.

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