The Washington Redskins have a rookie out of Ohio State that is turning heads.
NFL Analyst
Brian Baldinger called him "the best rookie receiver" he has studied through the 2019 NFL season's first two weeks.
"No offense to (Ravens rookie) Marquise Brown or (49ers rookie) Deebo Samuel," Baldinger said. "There's not a route (McLaurin) can't run."
.@Redskins @TheTerry_25 is the best rookie receiver I have studied through 2 weeks. He should have 4 TD’s as I haven’t seen a defender he can’t step on the gas and blow by yet. And the best is yet to come. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/qWHjkr7P7V
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL)
September 20, 2019 This week former Redskins receiver Santana Moss told Chad Dukes that McLaurin is "really showing promise."
"I look forward to every Sunday seeing this guy make plays, man, making the plays that he's making now," Moss
told 106.7 The Fan. "Just when I was talking highly about Paul Richardson being No. 1, whenever they find the chance to get him more opportunities, now you have two guys you can really have as a 1-A and a 1-B. But Terry has definitely exceeded my expectations when it comes to what he can do this first year as being a rookie."
Nothing new for McLaurin who has been turning heads and beating expectations since training camp.
"He's way better as a receiver than I think they imagined,"
Craig Hoffman said earlier about the
Redskins expectations for their young WR. "And we'll see if it can carry over to games, but in practice, his ability to run away from people, whether it is vertically or horizontally across the field, has led to more big plays than any other receiver."
"I think they are, almost, a little freaked out with how good he is," Hoffman told
The Sports Junkies. "They drafted him with the idea that he was the best special teams player in the draft, who would be a rotation-level receiver in the first couple years of his career, at the very least, his rookie year. And he's going to wind up starting at receiver and maybe being their best one."
