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June 29, 2022

Terry McLaurin

Wideout has done most with least

Washington signed Terry McLaurin to a new three-year, $71 million dollar contract yesterday, eliminating any slight concern of the wideout being a holdout or malcontent this summer. It's good news for those hoping to draft him, and a deserved reward for one of the game's better wideouts since entering the league. Despite his circumstances.

McLaurin has been in the league for three years, and he's been a top-30 wide receiver (PPR) in all of them. He's one of just 10 wide receivers to achieve that status in each of those years, and one of just 25 to have been a top-30 wideout in even two of those seasons. Arguably he's done it with the worst quarterbacking of any of them. (Definitely in the top 2.)

Table below shows all the wide receivers with multiple top-30 seasons the last three years, plus their main quarterback in those years. Three stand out for the lesser quarterbacks they were catching passes from in each of those years: Allen Robinson (who had two such seasons) and then the two guys who did it all three years: DJ Moore, and McLaurin.

WRS WITH MULTIPLE TOP-30 SEASONS, 2019-2021
Year	Wide Receiver	Quarterback	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	PPR	Rk
2019	A.J. Brown	Ryan Tannehill	52	1051	20.2	9	217.1	22
2020	A.J. Brown	Ryan Tannehill	70	1075	15.4	12	249.5	11
2020	Adam Thielen	Kirk Cousins	74	925	12.5	14	254.0	10
2021	Adam Thielen	Kirk Cousins	67	726	10.8	10	199.8	28
2019	Allen Robinson	Mitchell Trubisky	98	1147	11.7	7	254.9	8
2020	Allen Robinson	Mitchell Trubisky	102	1250	12.3	6	262.9	9
2019	Amari Cooper	Dak Prescott	79	1189	15.1	8	246.5	10
2020	Amari Cooper	Andy Dalton	92	1114	12.1	5	236.8	15
2021	Amari Cooper	Dak Prescott	68	865	12.7	8	202.5	27
2020	Brandin Cooks	Deshaun Watson	81	1150	14.2	6	232.0	17
2021	Brandin Cooks	Davis Mills	90	1037	11.5	6	231.8	20
2019	Calvin Ridley	Matt Ryan	63	866	13.8	7	197.0	27
2020	Calvin Ridley	Matt Ryan	90	1374	15.3	9	283.5	5
2020	CeeDee Lamb	Andy Dalton	74	935	12.6	7	219.7	22
2021	CeeDee Lamb	Dak Prescott	79	1102	14.0	6	232.8	19
2019	Chris Godwin	Jameis Winston	86	1333	15.5	9	276.1	2
2021	Chris Godwin	Tom Brady	98	1103	11.3	6	246.4	14
2019	Cooper Kupp	Jared Goff	94	1161	12.4	10	270.5	5
2020	Cooper Kupp	Jared Goff	92	974	10.6	3	210.7	26
2021	Cooper Kupp	Mathew Stafford	145	1947	13.4	16	439.5	1
2019	Davante Adams	Aaron Rodgers	83	997	12.0	5	214.7	23
2020	Davante Adams	Aaron Rodgers	115	1374	12.0	18	360.4	1
2021	Davante Adams	Aaron Rodgers	123	1553	12.6	11	344.3	2
2019	DeAndre Hopkins	Deshaun Watson	104	1165	11.2	7	270.6	4
2020	DeAndre Hopkins	Kyler Murray	115	1407	12.2	6	291.8	4
2020	Diontae Johnson	Ben Roethlisberger	88	923	10.5	7	223.8	21
2021	Diontae Johnson	Ben Roethlisberger	107	1161	10.9	8	278.4	8
2019	DJ Moore	Kyle Allen	87	1175	13.5	4	232.5	16
2020	DJ Moore	Teddy Bridgewater	66	1193	18.1	4	211.5	25
2021	DJ Moore	Sam Darnold	93	1157	12.4	4	239.5	17
2019	DK Metcalf	Russell Wilson	58	900	15.5	7	193.1	29
2020	DK Metcalf	Russell Wilson	83	1303	15.7	10	273.3	7
2021	DK Metcalf	Russell Wilson	75	967	12.9	12	244.3	15
2020	Justin Jefferson	Kirk Cousins	88	1400	15.9	7	274.2	6
2021	Justin Jefferson	Kirk Cousins	108	1616	15.0	10	332.8	4
2019	Keenan Allen	Philip Rivers	104	1199	11.5	6	261.5	6
2020	Keenan Allen	Justin Herbert	100	992	9.9	8	249.1	12
2021	Keenan Allen	Justin Herbert	106	1138	10.7	6	257.8	11
2019	Marvin Jones	Matthew Stafford	62	779	12.6	9	193.9	28
2020	Marvin Jones	Matthew Stafford	76	978	12.9	9	227.8	18
2019	Mike Evans	Jameis Winston	67	1157	17.3	8	232.7	15
2020	Mike Evans	Tom Brady	70	1006	14.4	13	248.6	13
2021	Mike Evans	Tom Brady	74	1035	14.0	14	262.5	9
2019	Robert Woods	Jared Goff	90	1134	12.6	3	232.9	14
2020	Robert Woods	Jared Goff	90	936	10.4	8	247.1	14
2019	Stefon Diggs	Kirk Cousins	63	1130	17.9	6	218.1	21
2020	Stefon Diggs	Josh Allen	127	1535	12.1	8	328.6	3
2021	Stefon Diggs	Josh Allen	103	1225	11.9	10	285.5	7
2020	Tee Higgins	Joe Burrow	67	908	13.6	6	196.6	28
2021	Tee Higgins	Joe Burrow	74	1091	14.7	6	221.1	23
2019	Terry McLaurin	Case Keenum, Dwayne Haskins	58	919	15.8	7	191.9	30
2020	Terry McLaurin	Alex Smith, Dwayne Haskins	87	1118	12.9	4	225.8	20
2021	Terry McLaurin	Taylor Heinicke	77	1053	13.7	5	213.5	25
2019	Tyler Boyd	Andy Dalton	90	1046	11.6	5	226.9	17
2020	Tyler Boyd	Joe Burrow	79	841	10.7	4	192.8	30
2019	Tyler Lockett	Russell Wilson	82	1057	12.9	8	235.2	13
2020	Tyler Lockett	Russell Wilson	100	1054	10.5	10	265.4	8
2021	Tyler Lockett	Russell Wilson	73	1175	16.1	8	241.4	16
2020	Tyreek Hill	Patrick Mahomes	87	1276	14.7	17	328.9	2
2021	Tyreek Hill	Patrick Mahomes	111	1239	11.2	9	298.5	6

McLaurin will be working with Carson Wentz this year. Wentz has his detractors, to be sure, but he's done more as a passer in the league than the ones McLaurin was working with the last three seasons. Moore might again be working with Sam Darnold, or a quarterback to be determined. Looks a little more likely that McLaurin will be able to keep his streak of quality fantasy campaigns going.

--Andy Richardson

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