The details of Terry McLaurin’s contract extension are now publicly available, and, as most knowledgeable NFL observers had expected, the deal is not as clearly lucrative as Monday’s reporting would have indicated. Yes, the extension adds 3 years and more than $96m to McLaurin’s existing deal, but the guarantees are modest and the opportunities for the Commanders to save cap space by cutting or trading Terry in either of the final two years of his contract offer a great deal of flexibility to the team.

The average annual value of the extension is consistent with the rest of the top-tier receiver contracts we’ve seen recently and McLaurin can look forward to solid cash flows in 2025 and 2026, but little certainty beyond that.

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