{"id":109391,"date":"2025-08-25T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/109391\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:56:07","slug":"terry-mclaurin-gets-massive-commanders-extension-to-end-holdout-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/109391\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McLaurin gets massive Commanders extension to end holdout drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scary Terry may now go by Scrooge McLaurin.<\/p>\n<p>Terry McLaurin, who was holding out all offseason for a new contract, finally agreed to a massive deal to stay in Washington with the Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year contract extension for the 29-year-old star receiver is worth $96 million over three years and comes two weeks before the Commanders open the season with the Giants on Sept. 7.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36925102\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/terry-mclaurin.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Commanders player celebrating after a game.\" class=\"wp-image-36925102\"  \/>Terry McLaurin is surely celebrating a massive contract extension.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>McLaurin now becomes one of the highest-paid receivers in the NFL, with an average of $32 million per season. His deal matches the salary of the Eagles\u2019 AJ Brown, who is the sixth-highest paid in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders also brought in receiver Deebo Samuel this offseason to play alongside McLaurin in what is expected to be an elite offense in the NFC East.<\/p>\n<p>McLaurin had previously been on the physically unable to perform list earlier in the offseason due to an ankle injury that appears to have subsided.<\/p>\n<p>Washington is all in on competing for a title this year, as they\u2019ve flipped their roster a bit by trading starting running back Brian Robinson Jr. to the 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders also drafted running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt in the seventh round, who has starred during training camp and looks primed to break out for a star-studded Washington offense.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels, who won Offensive Rookie of the Year last season, is among the favorites to win MVP in his sophomore season after a dominant campaign that included a steady diet of McLaurin.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36925104\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mclaurin-contract-extension.jpg\" alt=\"Two Washington Commanders football players smiling and walking together.\" class=\"wp-image-36925104\"  \/>Jayden Daniels gets back his top receiver.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Washington went 12-5 last season with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, coming in second place in the NFC East, led in the receiving department by McLaurin.<\/p>\n<p>McLaurin caught 13 touchdowns last season for 1,096 yards for the surging Commanders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scary Terry may now go by Scrooge McLaurin. Terry McLaurin, who was holding out all offseason for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99,3851],"class_list":["post-109391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}