Commanders missing McLaurin and Brown for Monday night vs Bears

The Washington Commanders will be without starting wide receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears after coach Dan Quinn ruled both players out following Saturday’s practice. The absences leave the Commanders short-handed at the position ahead of a marquee national television matchup at Audi Field in Landover, Maryland.

Quinn said both players made progress during the week but “are just not there yet.” McLaurin will miss his third straight game with a quadriceps injury that some club medical staff have described as affecting the hip flexor area, while Brown remains sidelined by groin and knee issues sustained earlier in the season. Both players had been limited in practice at different points this week before the team concluded they could not play.

Brown, who signed a one-year contract with Washington this offseason, is well known to Bears fans for catching a 52-yard Hail Mary from Jayden Daniels that won the teams’ matchup last October. Brown averaged productive snaps last season, finishing with 35 receptions for 453 yards and a touchdown in 11 games, but the groin injury has now kept him out since Week 2. McLaurin has led...