Terry McLaurin’s latest injury update leaves questions about his status on Commanders’ offense for Monday Night Football
Will the Commanders finally get Terry McLaurin back?
The Washington Commanders have an extra day this week to prepare for the Chicago Bears and heal up, which is needed for some of the injuries on the team.
The team has been getting healthy at the right time, but they’re still missing three key players who have missed time over the last few weeks. They would love to get them back for a primetime NFC matchup against the Bears, who are getting their own impact players back from injury.
The biggest name for the Commanders to watch this week is wide receiver Terry McLaurin, and we got our first update on Wednesday.
Terry McLaurin did not practice on Wednesday
Everyone is wondering when McLaurin will make his return, especially with Jayden Daniels back from his own injury, and the hope is this week, with the extra day. Head coach Dan Quinn said on Monday that the team was optimistic about McLaurin’s return, along with right guard Sam Cosmi and wide receiver Noah Brown, but they had to wait until the team practiced to see their availability.
Well, the team showed up to practice on Wednesday, and McLaurin did not participate like Quinn warned right before the players took the field in his press conference.
“You’ll see Noah out at practice today,” Quinn said. “Terry won’t. And then with the extra day, we’ll just kind of work our way through with Terry to see where we’re at and just kind of watch as we’re going through it with him and Noah both.”
The team will practice again on Thursday before taking Friday off as a recovery day, then take the field again on Saturday and Sunday to get a final game status on players’ availability for Monday night, including McLaurin.
McLaurin didn’t need surgery and avoided going to the IR, which would’ve put him out for four games, and the team is going into the third game since he was injured, making his return likely this week or next. The good news, however, is that Brown looks like he will be available this week for the first time in a while.
Noah Brown is back at practice
Regardless of whether McLaurin returns or not, getting Brown back would help the offense while Deebo Samuel and Luke McCaffrey have been carrying the load over the last two weeks. Brown is the one who caught the Hail Mary touchdown last season in this matchup, and who knows what plays he could make on Monday. The more weapons, the better.
The offense should continue to lean on the run game, especially against a really bad Bears’ run defense, but getting more weapons back for Daniels, who looked much better last week, will long a long way on Monday night. Hopefully, that includes McLaurin, but we will have to wait and see through the rest of the week.
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