Terry McLaurin

Terry McLaurin's 2025 season was a perfect storm of bad luck, injuries stemming from his holdout, and brutal touchdown regression after his massive 2024. Even in a disappointing campaign, McLaurin remained highly efficient career high in YPPR). With the Commanders entering 2026 near the top of the league in vacated targets and air yards, McLaurin is positioned for a major bounce-back as the No. 1 WR if he and Jayden Daniels stay healthy. Entering his age-31 season, the veteran still profiles as one of fantasy football's better value picks after what increasingly looks like an outlier season.

Terry McLaurin experienced a steep drop-off last year after his banner WR14 campaign in 2024. Ultimately, the Washington offense took a massive step back, and McLaurin was dealing with a quad injury for much of last season, which limited him to ten games played. In those ten games, yes, he was the WR33 in fantasy points per game, but his per-route metrics remained stellar. Among 109 qualifying receivers, McLaurin ranked 25th in target per route run rate (24%), 13th in yards per route run (2.38), fourth in first downs per route run (0.135), and 26th in route win rate (per Fantasy Points Data). With Deebo Samuel and Zach Ertz gone, only Antonio Williams and Chig Okonkwo were added to this receiving depth chart; McLaurin should return to his target hog WR2 ways in 2026. He's a strong bounceback candidate.