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Monk was not expecting visitors, never mind some of his former teammates like Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders and Doug Williams standing on his patio. They were joined by Washington Commanders Managing Partner Josh Harris, Team President Mark Clouse and several family members, all wearing t-shirts with his old jersey number and ear-to-ear smiles on their faces. They were there to tell him that no Washington player would wear No. 81 ever again.
All Monk could muster was, “What the...?”
Now, Monk is among the select few players to have their jerseys retired by the franchise, with the honor coming on Nov. 2 during the team’s Week 9 game vs. Seattle on Sunday Night Football.
“I’ve been sitting here these last few days just trying to digest it all,” Monk said.
Monk, the franchise’s all-time leading receiver (888 catches for 12,026 yards) who spent 14 seasons with Washington (1980 to 1993), will be honored during the Commanders’ Week 9 game against the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 2, when the franchise will debut its “Super Bowl Era” alternate uniforms. The look is designed to mimic the uniforms Washington wore during its three Super Bowl victories (XVII, XXII, XXVI) in the 1980s and early ’90s.
Monk spent his final two seasons in the NFL with the New York Jets (1994) and Philadelphia Eagles (1995). While still with Washington in 1992, he surpassed Steve Largent for the most receptions in NFL history. Monk ended his career ranked second in catches (940) and fourth in receiving yards (12,721); he now stands 24th and 23rd, respectively.
Last week, the team unveiled its Super Bowl Era alternate uniforms, which it will wear for three games this season.
Terry McLaurin, on his recent trip to Italy with his wife, Caitlin, learned a little Italian.
“I think ‘bene,’ it means ‘good,’” McLaurin said Tuesday after filming a new commercial for the wonderfully kitschy Eastern Motors folks in Laurel, Md.
By contrast, most of the preceding half hour in which McLaurin addressed his current negotiations with the Washington Commanders was non va bene.
McLaurin’s frustration with the slow pace of talks is certainly genuine. But going public with it was also designed to put maximum pressure on the Commanders’ front office to take care of one of the two or three legit faces of the franchise, someone who’s done nothing but play at a high level since the team took him in the third round of the 2019 draft....
