{"id":827024,"date":"2026-07-26T10:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827024\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:55:36","slug":"terry-mclaurin-on-commanders-wr-room-somebodys-going-to-step-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827024\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McLaurin on Commanders WR room: ‘Somebody’s going to step up’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behind McLaurin, a two-time Pro Bowler with 498 receptions for 6,961 yards and 41 touchdowns in 107 career starts, the wide receiver room is rounded out by Treylon Burks<\/a>, third-round rookie Antonio Williams<\/a>, Luke McCaffrey<\/a>, Jaylin Lane<\/a> and two free-agent additions — Dyami Brown<\/a> and Van Jefferson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McLaurin finished third on the team in receptions last season with 38 after missing seven contests. Washington’s top two receptions leaders, Deebo Samuel<\/a> and Zach Ertz<\/a>, are no longer rostered. No other wide receiver still on the team reached 20 catches. Brown, who had 20 receptions as a Jaguar in 2025, topped out at a single-season high of 30 catches during his first, four-year stint with the Commanders, while Jefferson collected just 29 receptions for 350 yards and a score last year for the Titans.<\/p>\n

Suffice it to say, the Commanders must prioritize figuring out where the firepower is coming from during training camp.<\/p>\n

Tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo<\/a> could help in that regard. He joins Washington fresh off a career-best campaign in which he produced 560 yards and two TDs on 56 receptions. The rookie Williams is also one to watch.<\/p>\n

Like Williams, McLaurin entered his 2019 rookie year with a wide-open WR depth chart. He rose to the occasion and led the team across the board with 58 receptions, 919 yards and seven scores in his first year.<\/p>\n

Could Williams make a similar splash onto the scene?<\/p>\n

It’s all out in front of him, as it is for the collection of veteran Washington receivers looking for a breakthrough, and McLaurin believes quarterback Jayden Daniels<\/a> has the perfect spread-it-out approach to allow everyone a chance to make a difference.<\/p>\n

“I had that opportunity my rookie year, and I think a lot of things that fans may not be able to see is the behind-the-scenes work, the day-to-day actions and habits of these guys,” McLaurin said. “The thing about Jayden, he has a knack for being able to spread the ball around, give guys opportunities. I have the utmost confidence, and it’s not just me, it’s not just Jayden.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Behind McLaurin, a two-time Pro Bowler with 498 receptions for 6,961 yards and 41 touchdowns in 107 career…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[10949,49,48,44,514,2208,82,1738,1758],"class_list":["post-827024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-sports","tag-terry-mclaurin","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}