For Washington fans, it’s becoming an all-too-familiar autumn tradition. The leaves start to turn, the NFL season kicks off, and somehow, Terry McLaurin goes missing in action.
The expectations for Terry McLaurin this season were incredibly high. Having Jayden Daniels back at full health should have been key to getting McLaurin more touches than he saw in 2025.
Fantasy football managers spend months preparing for their drafts, only for Week 1 to turn carefully constructed lineups into rubble. Sunday delivered several painful performances from early-round stars, including Drake London, Terry McLaurin and Ja’Marr Chase.
How many of the NFL receivers to rack up at least 10,00 yards and 80 touchdowns in their career can you name in five minutes?
The Washington Commanders spent an entire offseason giving David Blough more toys to play with. When he finally needed one play to save the season opener, he somehow settled on John Bates.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
NFL stars aren't given a grace period just because it's Week 1. Unfortunately for a few of the league's biggest names, the schedule didn't exactly hand them a warm-up game.
One fanbase that hasn't had much to say about the list, though, is that of the Washington Commanders and that's because of a glaring omission on the list.
Commanders WR Terry McLaurin has one of the best years of his career in 2024 under former OC Kliff Kingsbury, who is now with the Rams, recording a career-high of 13 touchdowns.
Jayden Daniels played three snaps Saturday. That was apparently enough time for the Washington Commanders to receive an uncomfortable reminder about their franchise quarterback.
The Washington Commanders are going to give their starters some snaps during the team’s preseason game with the Detroit Lions on Saturday. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels will play, as will wideouts Stefon Diggs and Terry McLaurin.
The Burgundy Roundup brings together the best Washington Commanders reporting, analysis, interviews, and other worthwhile reads from around the web, along with selected coverage from Commanders On SI.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
The Washington Commanders created an intriguing dynamic when they placed Diggs alongside McLaurin in their receiving corps.
Commanders WR Terry McLaurin said dealing with the contract dispute and injuries made for the toughest year of his life. “This last year was the hardest year of my life — from the contract and getting hurt, and you know, I’ve been going through some stuff off the field, just personally,” McLaurin said, via The Athletic.
The Washington Commanders made a big splash recently by signing veteran wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Commanders wideout Terry McLaurin is speaking out about the addition.
It hasn't taken long for Diggs to begin hyping up his new Washington Commanders teammates.
The Washington Commanders spent months collecting possible answers at wide receiver.
Last year, Commanders WR Terry McLaurin never got his season off the ground. He missed most of the offseason and training camp holding out in pursuit of a new deal, and that seemed to impact his chemistry with the offense when he did return.
The Washington Commanders are still trying to figure out roster components, in particular at the wide receiver position. However, Terry McLaurin pinpointed one training camp star who fantasy football managers will want to know, according to a post on X by Zach Selby.
Terry McLaurin is anticipating a strong 2026 campaign for the Washington Commanders. One major key to that is seeing the receiving corps elevate to another level.
Veterans report to Ashburn, Virginia, for training camp in less than a week as Terry McLaurin prepares for his eighth season in the NFL. For much of his tenure in Washington, McLaurin has been the No.
The 2025 season didn’t go anywhere close to how Terry McLaurin and the Commanders wanted it to go, but that didn’t stop the NFL from handing the Pro Bowl wideout a nod of respect.
Injury setbacks limited Daniels to just seven starts last season before he was shut down. The Commanders finished the campaign with a record of 5-12.
For some teams, acquiring Aiyuk would be a risk well worth taking. For Washington, it simply would not.
McLaurin acknowledged that missing offseason activities in 2025 probably didn't help the connection between himself and Daniels.
Quad issues limited McLaurin to just 10 games last season.
The two-time Pro Bowler had returned Monday night after a four-week absence and caught his first touchdown of the season, but the injury setback has put the rest of his season in limbo.
The stars aren't aligning for the Washington Commanders in 2025.
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