Commanders Must Sign McLaurin to Capitalize on Super Bowl Window

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00:00Okay, so this one I really don't get.

00:02So, Donnie, you'll have to walk me through this one.

00:05The Washington Commanders, their window is open.

00:09They're going to be, to me, one of the best teams in the NFL.

00:12They have the best young quarterback going right now in the NFL,

00:16and his number one target is Terry McLaurin.

00:19I mean, I don't get it.

00:20Am I short-sighted here?

00:21What am I missing?

00:23I just think Washington's got to pay this guy.

00:26Like, Washington, you have probably two or three years,

00:28maybe four, to potentially win an NFC in a Super Bowl.

00:33I am not always for paying everybody.

00:35I do think, like, sometimes you've got to wait, but this is it.

00:38Like, Washington's been waiting 20 years to have this moment.

00:41I don't think you can hold out on this player, Donnie.

00:43What am I missing?

00:45You're not missing anything.

00:46I like to equate it here to, Craig, credit card time, right?

00:48You get a little bit down.

00:49I don't have the dollars in my pocket,

00:50but I think I can make this work over the next year or two

00:52and keep my bills paid.

00:54That's exactly what Washington should be doing.

00:56Worry about four or five years down the line,

00:58four or five years down the line.

01:00You just had a rookie quarterback last year

01:02absolutely light the league up and get to the NFC Championship game.

01:05And we're not talking about a malcontent

01:06who's coming off a major knee surgery.

01:08We're talking about Terry McLaurin,

01:09a two-time pro bowler that's easily a 1,000-yard wide receiver

01:12the minute you drop him back into that game.

01:14And if he's your key receiver,

01:16why would you mess up the apple cart

01:17and say all those good vibes last year?

01:19We're going to make the one guy who never has any problems or issues

01:22and always shows up on time to be that guy you're going to pick that.

01:25Again, you're right, $35 million, $40 million,

01:28certainly you're not going to do that.

01:29But there has to be some common middle ground

01:31that they can make happen.

01:32I'm surprised it went this long

01:33because when you do have the rookie quarterback

01:35on the rookie contract,

01:37this is the time where you spend money on everybody else

01:39but the quarterback.

01:40That's why you do it.

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