Analyst warns Commanders about presumably paying WR Terry McLaurin
Barry Svrluga of The Washington Submit, The Athletic’s David Aldridge and tight finish Zach Ertz are amongst those that have publicly campaigned for the Washington Commanders to pay unsettled vast receiver Terry McLaurin.
In an article printed on Friday, The Washington Submit’s Neil Greenberg defined why the Commanders could need to suppose twice about displaying McLaurin the cash earlier than the season begins.
“He ranked fourth amongst all receivers in anticipated factors added, per TruMedia, producing 61 whole EPA — roughly the equal of two extra wins for his workforce,” Greenberg wrote about McLaurin ending the 2024 season with the league’s second-most landing catches (13). “By my estimate, every win is value about $13.8M on the open market, placing McLaurin’s 2024 worth at $27.1M. The vast receiver market has blown well beyond that.”
Particularly, Aldridge recommended the Commanders and McLaurin may conform to a deal that falls someplace between the four-year extension value as much as $120M that Detroit Lions vast receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown acquired final offseason and the four-year, $130M contract that New York Jets receiver Garrett Wilson agreed to this week.
As Greenberg alluded to in his piece, St. Brown turns 26 years outdated in October, whereas Wilson will flip 25 on July 22. To check, McLaurin shall be 30 by the top of September.
“Wideouts age 30 or older have a tendency to say no,” Greenberg added. “Particularly for vast receivers who play totally on the surface like McLaurin, reaching age 30 is never the start of something. Historic getting old curves present that manufacturing — measured on this case by fantasy soccer level output — tends to peak between ages 23 and 27, with sharp declines starting round 28.”
Nevertheless, it considerably ignores that Washington is a win-now workforce coming off a visit to the NFC Championship Sport. It has a possible celebrity at quarterback in reigning Offensive Rookie of the 12 months Jayden Daniels, who shall be on an cheap contract for at the very least one other two seasons.
Add in that DraftKings Sportsbook continued to record the Commanders third among the many betting favorites at +900 odds to signify the NFC in Tremendous Bowl LX as of Friday, and one would suppose it is probably Washington will make McLaurin glad earlier than the 2025 season begins on Sept. 5.
In “the wage cap is not actual” world that’s the NFL, the Commanders can nearly actually afford to pay McLaurin and punt worries about their monetary scenario down the highway for when Daniels will look to ink a profitable multi-year extension.
