When playing the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night in a preseason game, the Washington Commanders’ first-team offense was used for the entire first half. Sam Howell’s over 200 yards and two touchdown passes made the offense seem to be rather effective, but by the conclusion of the second quarter, it appeared as if things were going south.
Terry McLaurin, a wide receiver, seemed to have a foot injury after Howell threw a ball over the middle as he walked off the field and ultimately banged his shoe into the sideline. Trainers checked over McLaurin before escorting him to the dressing room. In spite of CBS Sports NFL Insider Josina Anderson’s report that McLaurin’s toe X-rays were negative, the club revealed after halftime that McLaurin had injured his toe and would not be able to continue playing. To the Commanders’ relief, it also doesn’t seem like the injury is as bad as first thought.
According to NFL Media, based on the first diagnosis and the results of scans, McLaurin is thought to be suffering from a toe strain. There is hope that the wide receiver might participate in Week 1 even though he is apparently more of a day-to-day situation.
The team’s top wide receiver, McLaurin, just completed a year in which he caught 77 receptions for 1,191 yards and five touchdowns, as well as his first-ever trip to the Pro Bowl. He is now the team’s No. 1 wide receiver. McLaurin has 299 catches for 4,281 yards and 21 touchdowns over his first four NFL seasons.
Although the most recent information is encouraging, if he were to lose any time, it would increase the responsibility placed on second-year wideout Jahan Dotson, as well as Curtis Samuel and Dyami Brown, who himself left the game on Monday night to be assessed for a concussion. McLaurin had three receptions for 39 yards, and Brown got an 11-yard touchdown pass following McLaurin’s ejection, while Dotson caught 5 passes for 76 yards from Howell in the first half.
