McLaurin To The Cards?

[602 Native]

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[unseenaz]

I mean, I’d do it for Zaven and a 2nd, but why would the commanders trade their number 1 receiver when their window is now?

 

[602 Native]

I mean, I’d do it for Zaven and a 2nd, but why would the commanders trade their number 1 receiver when their window is now?

Probably just a planted story by the agent to further negotiations but you never know.

 

[oaken1]

Probably just a planted story by the agent to further negotiations but you never know.

nah, its just purely speculation by a bored dude at bleacher report that needed to increase his clicks

 

[HairZach]

I mean, I’d do it for Zaven and a 2nd, but why would the commanders trade their number 1 receiver when their window is now?

He is going to be 30 at the start of the season and based on the WR market, probably wants north of $30 million a year. McLaurin just hit what was probably his ceiling in production last season with TD variance. He's a deep threat guy that ran hot on TDs last year, history tells us he probably won't get close to 13 TDs again. They would be selling him near his peak value.

In a vacuum, that doesn't prioritize the upcoming season over everything else, it would be smart for the Commanders to get rid of him now. In reality they probably would have to have done it before the draft. There's no way they do it now. They've already made a couple of questionable trades for vets on a downward spiral as an attempt to "go all in".

It's sad that this is what SI has become.

 

[TJ]

commanders aren’t trading Terry unless they get a kings ransom in return

 

[AZCB34]

Donnie Druin is an NFL Insider.

 

[oaken1]

Donnie Druin is an NFL Insider.

Not a very good one if he is down to openly quoting bleacher report

 

[Gandhi]

Drew Terrell (wide receiver coach and passing game coordinator) spent multiple years coaching McLaurin in Washington, so at least Ossenfort should get all necessary intel if he consider a trade.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

He's a very high character, hardworking, great guy. He'd fit what Gannon and Monti look for in players. I'd do that trade, but it also depends on his contract demands.

 

[GeorgiaCard88]

I’d 100% make this trade, too bad it will never happen. I don’t buy that we “need” a wr - I think we have great weapons and petzing needs to scheme the passing game better.

Scary terry is a great WR though and would add another element to this offense

 

[TRW]

It says they "suggested" a trade, not "rumored" or "reality". Just more off season clickbait thrown out there. Just like fantasy drafts, fantasy football, etc., etc.

I would like to "suggest" a trade of Kyler Murray and a second for Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs first. That would add some serious firepower to their arsenal.

Nothing to see here...

 

[CardNots]

 

[BigDavis75]

He did go to OSU so the rumor might have legs.

 

[Proximo]

I would do that but why would the commanders be looking to trade him? New contract needed and cap issues?

 

[AZCB34]

Not a very good one if he is down to openly quoting bleacher report

I thought was obvious.

 

[Solar7]

Washington is in a win-now window and need McLaurin more than they need to trade him away. Deebo Samuel is too risky to be their #1. This isn't happening.

 

[cardinals2025]

Gannon and Monti have just made it clear they think we have enough with what we have on offense.

Look at the roster in 2021, we have more talent on offense now than we did that year.

But talent wasn't the issue on offense, it was many other things.

 

[BACH]

Gannon and Monti have just made it clear they think we have enough with what we have on offense.

Look at the roster in 2021, we have more talent on offense now than we did that year.

But talent wasn't the issue on offense, it was many other things.

Higher floor - absolutely

Higher ceiling - awaiting younger players development

 

[kerouac9]

Higher floor - absolutely

Higher ceiling - awaiting younger players development

Absolutely not.

WR1: DeAndre Hopkins (2021), MHJ (2025)
WR2: AJ Green (2021), Michael Wilson (2025)
WR3: Christian Kirk (2021), Greg Dortch/Zay Jones (2025)
RB1: James Conner (Both; 2021 version was 26 years old tho)
RB2: Chase Edmonds (2021), Trey Benson (2025)

The only places where the 2025 offense even competes is TE (Ertz vs McBride), RT (Beachum vs Williams, but I'd argue this is closer than you'd like), and RG (Justin Jones was bad, which is the floor for Christian Jones).

It's difficult to seriously argue that the floor or ceiling of this year's offense is better than the one we had in 2021. That group probably underperformed.

 

[Proximo]

Absolutely not.

WR1: DeAndre Hopkins (2021), MHJ (2025)
WR2: AJ Green (2021), Michael Wilson (2025)
WR3: Christian Kirk (2021), Greg Dortch/Zay Jones (2025)
RB1: James Conner (Both; 2021 version was 26 years old tho)
RB2: Chase Edmonds (2021), Trey Benson (2025)

The only places where the 2025 offense even competes is TE (Ertz vs McBride), RT (Beachum vs Williams, but I'd argue this is closer than you'd like), and RG (Justin Jones was bad, which is the floor for Christian Jones).

It's difficult to seriously argue that the floor or ceiling of this year's offense is better than the one we had in 2021. That group probably underperformed.

This looks pretty even to me.

I expect a big jump from MHJ, enough that he could be comparable to Hopkins
AJ Green sucked, I like Wilson better than him
Kirk has the advantage but I don't think it's huge.
Conner just had his best year last year so this seems even to me
I would take Benson over Edmonds, but again it's pretty comparable.
Oline is better now than then, but not by much.
McBride is a nice advantage now.

I think the talent is about the same to better now but I do think Kingsbury's offense was a little better than Petzing's.

 

[BirdGangThing]

this'll be the offense's second year together - hopefully no major changes means more continuity but mhj and benson need to take that next step

 

[kerouac9]

This looks pretty even to me.

I expect a big jump from MHJ, enough that he could be comparable to Hopkins
AJ Green sucked, I like Wilson better than him
Kirk has the advantage but I don't think it's huge.
Conner just had his best year last year so this seems even to me
I would take Benson over Edmonds, but again it's pretty comparable.
Oline is better now than then, but not by much.
McBride is a nice advantage now.

I think the talent is about the same to better now but I do think Kingsbury's offense was a little better than Petzing's.

Yes if you project deranged expectations on a bunch of people who haven't shown that before it looks as good. But I'm sorry this is crazy talk.

 

[kerouac9]

this'll be the offense's second year together - hopefully no major changes means more continuity but mhj and benson need to take that next step

I'm a huge Michael Wilson fan but he also needs to take that next step.

 

[BirdGangThing]

I'm a huge Michael Wilson fan but he also needs to take that next step.

exactly - this is the year he decides if he's a starter or not - he has mcbride and mhj getting the bulk of attention - wilson needs to be open a lot this year - he needs route perfection - basically his balls need to drop