It's time to acknowledge Terry McLaurin as one of the NFL's superstar WRs

Another Washington Commanders game is in the books, and with it is another touchdown to superstar WR Terry McLaurin.

That's right. McLaurin, with his franchise record-breaking 12th score of the season, has officially evolved out of the regular old "star" label. He's a superstar.

Sunday's 36-33 victory against the Philadelphia Eagles was the fourth consecutive game in which McLaurin has found the end zone. He has six touchdowns in that span.

In fact, the last time McLaurin was held scoreless was in Washington's first tilt against the Eagles this season on Nov. 14, when he caught only one pass for 10 yards. Out to make a statement against rookie DB Quinyon Mitchell in the return trip to D.C., "Scary Terry" caught five balls for 60 yards and the score.

In total, McLaurin's 12 touchdown catches this season has nearly doubled his previous career-best of seven from back in his rookie year of 2019. He has also eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards on the season for the fifth-straight year, and could feasibly surpass his high of 1,191 yards from the 2022 season.

McLaurin trails only Ja'Marr Chase (16) in touchdown catches in 2024, and ranks 10th in the NFL in receiving yards. Throughout his career he has been considered an upper-echelon receiver, but has never quite cracked the "elite" tier, primarily due to a lack of quality quarterback play. Prior to this season, his most consistent rapport was with Taylor Heinicke.

There's no doubt about it now: McLaurin is elite. The amount of receivers in the league who are definitively better than him can be counted on one hand, and it's time the rest of the NFL acknowledges what Washington has always known.