Before this season, Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin hadn’t been involved with a lot of winning. Sure, McLaurin played at Ohio State, so he was accustomed to winning before, but since being drafted by Washington in 2019, he’s seen a lot of losing.
This year, the Commanders were 4-1 heading into Sunday’s clash against the Baltimore Ravens, having won four consecutive games.
Unfortunately, that winning streak ended as the Ravens defeated the Commanders 30-23.
Afterward, McLaurin summed up the game with two words.
“Losing sucks,” he told reporters after the game. McLaurin caught six passes for 53 yards and two touchdowns in the game.
But the ever-positive McLaurin is ready to move forward.
“But we don’t have a group of guys that are going to hang their heads. We got a group of guys that are excited to get back to work. We’re excited to look at the film tomorrow and see how we can be better going forward next week.”
McLaurin then discussed head coach Dan Quinn’s belief in the 2024 Commanders.
“DQ, you should see the look in his eyes; he believes in this group that we have. We believe in the group that we have.”
Commanders WR Terry McLaurin summed it up perfectly inside the locker room after the game.
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Does McLaurin believe the 4-2 Commanders can play with anyone in the NFL?
“I think we already believed that in ourselves,” McLaurin answered. “I think we put the work in since we put this team together in the spring. We’ve challenged one another, offense vs. defense in practice. We’ve gone to Miami and we’ve gone to New York and hung tough……we’ve got a resilient group, so we didn’t anything else out about ourselves coming into this game. It wasn’t a measuring stick, we felt like if we came in and handled our business, we’d have a chance to win.”
McLaurin and the Commanders look to get back on track next week against the 1-5 Panthers, the first of back-to-back home games.