Putting Up Numbers· NFL

Terry McLaurin’s receiving yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed receivers, Terry McLaurin was 36.3 yards over at home and 17.7 yards under away in 2026, 2 games against 3. The plain averages are 69.5 and 30.3, a difference of 39.2.

2 games at home is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

receiving yards a game over expected

A +54.0 difference in receiving yards over expected at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 9 times in 100.

A +39.2 difference in receiving yards at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 19 times in 100.

The games

at homeaway
Terry McLaurin’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultreceiving yardsExpected
Sep 13, 2026@PHIL1457.4
Sep 20, 2026@DALL5050.7
Sep 27, 2026vsSEAW7727.8
Oct 11, 2026vsNYGT6238.7
Oct 19, 2026@SFL2736.2

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed receivers in its other 2026 games, minus 0.2 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for receivers that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s receivers’ receiving yards in his games, 31%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 99% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.