{"id":101129,"date":"2025-08-28T02:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/101129\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T02:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:42:13","slug":"terry-mclaurin-feels-96m-commanders-contract-extension-puts-him-among-nfls-top-wrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/101129\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McLaurin Feels $96M Commanders Contract Extension Puts Him Among NFL’s Top WRs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terry McLaurin was already the Washington Commanders’ No. 1 wide receiver, but he believes his new three-year, $96 million contract extension<\/a> that ended his hold-in cements his place among the entire league’s top pass-catchers.<\/p>\n

“I do,” he told reporters<\/a> Wednesday when asked if he thinks the extension puts him among the best receivers in the NFL. “It gives me the ability to stay somewhere I love but also continue to achieve things and play at a high level and prove that I’m worth what I signed for.”<\/p>\n

He also said<\/a> “I did” when asked if he got what he wanted from the contract.<\/p>\n

McLaurin’s status was the biggest storyline for the Commanders throughout training camp and the preseason, especially after he helped lead the team to last season’s NFC Championship Game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He and Jayden Daniels had clear chemistry in the quarterback’s rookie year, and having the go-to option on the field figured to be critical if he is going to take a leap in his second year.<\/p>\n

McLaurin might not have the same numbers as someone like Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson on a yearly basis, but he has been nothing but consistent since the Commanders selected him in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

The Ohio State product put up 919 receiving yards and seven touchdowns as a rookie, which is the only one of his six years in the NFL he failed to reach the 1,000-yard mark. What’s more, he put up those numbers with a rotating cast of quarterbacks that included Case Keenum, Alex Smith, Dwayne Haskins, Kyle Allen, Taylor Heinicke, Carson Wentz and Sam Howell.<\/p>\n

If he can stay healthy and continue to develop that chemistry with a potentially elite quarterback in Daniels, he may tally even better numbers moving forward even though he turns 30 years old next month.<\/p>\n

After all, McLaurin posted a career-best 13 touchdown catches last year to go with 1,096 receiving yards. That was good enough to be named to his second career Pro Bowl and earn this new contract.<\/p>\n

He also doesn’t seem too worried about the time he missed during his hold-in and said<\/a>, “I feel great. They’re doing a great job of getting me acclimated to football shape … but I know the type of work I put in to get ready.”<\/p>\n

That work will be put to the test in the season opener on Sept. 7 against the New York Giants as he attempts to live up to the expectations that come with his new deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terry McLaurin was already the Washington Commanders’ No. 1 wide receiver, but he believes his new three-year, $96…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-101129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}