At the start of the 2020 NFL offseason, Washington tried to make a massive move in free agency by working to lure Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper away from his NFC East team and join theirs instead. He ended up turning the $100+ million offer down, but if it had gone through, Washington would hold onto the No. 1 and No. 2 receivers in the division — Terry McLaurin and Cooper, in that order.
You read that ordering right.
Terry McLaurin is the best WR in the NFC East pic.twitter.com/oHkTtPh6ja
— PFF (@PFF) July 7, 2020
Recently, Pro Football Focus forecasted that McLaurin, Washington’s second-year WR who had a blistering rookie season, would be the best pass-catcher in the NFC East going forward, out-ranking players like Cooper, Michael Gallup, Alshon Jeffery, CeeDee Lamb, and Nelson Agholor. The list may not seem as impressive as the initial statement once you break it all down, but when you consider the fact that McLaurin is receiving this type of praise after just one year in the league tells you all you need to know.
“Terry McLaurin was the most valuable wide receiver in the NFC East last season, and there’s a reason,” PFF’s George Chahrouri said on the PFF Forecast. “This guy can go downfield. He can catch and run with it. He was the highest-graded rookie last year, better than [Tennessee Titans WR] A.J. Brown.”
The highest-graded rookie who also has a quarterback that’s looking to take massive strides down the field now that he has a solid coaching staff to lean on. If the right steps are taken, there’s no telling how high McLaurin’s star can go in the coming years.
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