Terry McLaurin
Coming off an injury-shortened 2025, McLaurin enters this season as Washington's clear WR1, carries no injury designation, and the new coaching staff is explicitly building the passing game around getting him heavy volume.
Role
McLaurin projects as the alpha of Washington's receiver room, atop a group of seven wideouts that made the 53-man roster; new offensive coordinator David Blough has said he wants McLaurin at roughly 10 targets a game, and free-agent addition Stefon Diggs slots in as the complementary No. 2 rather than a direct threat to McLaurin's volume.
When healthy in 2025 he was still elite on a per-play basis (PFF graded him top-10 among qualified WRs on limited action), and the new OC has publicly committed to funneling him a target-a-game workload that would restore his WR1 volume if his quarterback situation stabilizes.
He played only 10 games in 2025 and posted career lows across the board, so the medical/durability question is real, and the arrival of Stefon Diggs — even as a 'complementary' piece — adds another mouth to feed in a passing game that just got a new coordinator and needs to prove it can support two established veteran receivers.
Where analysts split
The concrete question the coverage itself raises is volume-splitting: can Blough's offense actually deliver McLaurin the '10 targets a game' he's promised once Diggs is fully integrated, or does adding a proven veteran receiver cap McLaurin's target share even with a healthy body and no injury designation.
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