{"id":150698,"date":"2025-08-16T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150698\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:24:10","slug":"commanders-activate-wr-terry-mclaurin-off-pup-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150698\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders activate WR Terry McLaurin off PUP list"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755354250_591_keim_john.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>John KeimAug 16, 2025, 09:26 AM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored\/co-authored four books. You can also listen to him on &#8216;The John Keim Report&#8217;, which airs on ESPN Richmond radio.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ASHBURN, Va. &#8212; The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fbeaf73e-6d6c-cca4-0809-713d9d741f90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-commanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a> have activated <a data-player-guid=\"04454e17-9294-6271-f951-c0339528e97e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3121422\/terry-mclaurin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terry McLaurin<\/a> off the physically unable to perform list, the team announced Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The move is the next step in his progression and is unrelated to contract negotiations, according to ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>McLaurin is now eligible to practice, though the Commanders typically have players activated off PUP work with trainers on a separate field first.<\/p>\n<p>Washington placed McLaurin on the PUP list, citing an ankle injury that bothered him late in the season, when he reported to camp following a four-day holdout. McLaurin was fined $200,000 for missing that time. By reporting, he could no longer be fined.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>If he were to sit out games, McLaurin would lose a game check for each week missed, including the bye week. McLaurin would forfeit $861,111 for each week missed.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides have been far apart in negotiations since they started discussing a deal earlier in the offseason, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. McLaurin had said in an interview a week before camp opened that he would not return to the field until there was &#8220;progression&#8221; in the talks.<\/p>\n<p>McLaurin has one year remaining on a three-year, $68 million extension he signed in 2022. According to multiple reports and league sources, McLaurin has targeted the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4047650\/dk-metcalf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DK Metcalf<\/a> received from Pittsburgh &#8212; four years at $33 million with $60 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has not come close to that average per year figure, according to multiple sources. Some in the league believe the Commanders could eventually get to $28 million per year. McLaurin requested a trade July 31, but multiple team sources have said over the last several months that they have no intention of trading him.<\/p>\n<p>Though he was at the facility, McLaurin would only emerge after practice to sign autographs for fans. But he did watch from the sidelines during the team&#8217;s burgundy-and-gold intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 12, along with other injured players. Before that session, he spoke with general manager Adam Peters on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p>McLaurin, coming off his second Pro Bowl appearance, was second in the NFL with a career-best 13 touchdown receptions &#8212; as well as 10 red zone scoring catches &#8212; in 2024. He has topped 1,000 yards for five consecutive seasons, although he has not yet surpassed 1,200 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, in a 30-minute interview with reporters, McLaurin expressed deep frustration with the lack of progress in their talks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to continue my career here. I&#8217;ve created my life here. My wife and I bought our first home here. So this has been somewhere I&#8217;ve always wanted to be. Just to see how things have played out has been disappointing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I understand everything&#8217;s a business. But at the same time, I want to put myself in a position where I&#8217;m valued, I feel appreciated and things like that. Unfortunately, that hasn&#8217;t transpired the way I want it to.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John KeimAug 16, 2025, 09:26 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. 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