Putting Up Numbers· NFL

The Commanders without Terry McLaurin

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The Commanders are 1–1 without Terry McLaurin this season and 1–3–1 with him. Since 2019, they’re 2–10 in the 12 games he missed and 48–66–2 with him.

Out for the season (torn left patellar tendon), per commanders.com.

Terry McLaurin’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Terry McLaurin5 gamesWithout2 gamesDifference
Record1–3–11–1
Points, over expected+1.2−3.9+5.2
Passing yards, over expected−12.1−9.3−2.8
Against the line−0.2−0.8+0.6
Points allowed, over expected+4.5−3.3+7.8
Margin, over expected−3.0−0.8−2.1
Rushing yards, over expected+15.1−4.7+19.8
Pass attempts, over expected−0.10.0−0.1
Carries, over expected+1.8−3.4+5.2
Sacks taken, over expected+0.1−0.3+0.4
Turnovers, over expected−1.0−0.2−0.8

2 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 35 games

MeasureWith Terry McLaurin26 gamesWithout9 gamesDifference
Record12–13–12–7
Points, over expected+0.9−1.5+2.3
Passing yards, over expected−4.0−13.7+9.6
Against the line−0.3−5.4+5.2
Points allowed, over expected+1.9+2.1−0.2
Margin, over expected−0.9−3.2+2.3
Rushing yards, over expected+3.4+12.4−8.9
Pass attempts, over expected+0.8−2.8+3.6
Carries, over expected+0.7+1.0−0.3
Sacks taken, over expected+0.2+0.1+0.2
Turnovers, over expected0.0+0.2−0.3

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Terry McLaurinWithoutDifference
Jayden Daniels, QB
Passing yards189.8217.0−27.3
Pass attempts29.029.00.0
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB
Rushing yards56.015.0+41.0
Carries14.59.0+5.5
Rachaad White, RB
Rushing yards29.055.0−26.0
Carries7.211.0−3.8
Stefon Diggs, WR
Receiving yards44.836.5+8.3
Receptions4.84.0+0.8
Antonio Williams, WR
Receiving yards36.837.5−0.7
Receptions3.04.0−1.0

Last 35 games

MeasureWith Terry McLaurinWithoutDifference
John Bates, TE
Receiving yards7.58.0−0.5
Receptions0.91.0−0.1
Dyami Brown, WR
Receiving yards25.032.5−7.5
Receptions2.21.5+0.7
Jeremy McNichols, RB
Rushing yards15.911.9+4.1
Carries3.42.8+0.7

The games he missed this season

DateGameResult
Nov 1, 2026vsPHIW 27–10
Oct 4, 2026vsIND · neutralL 13–30

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the snap counts; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from nflverse’s schedules. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
  • Why he’s out: commanders.com.