Terry McLaurin’s holdout raises a question…how much money are the Commanders spending on receivers in 2025?
McLaurin, Washington’s top receiver since being drafted in the 2019 NFL draft, is currently holding out as he has entered the last year of his contract. In 2022, at the age of 26, McLaurin and the Commanders came to an agreement on a three-year extension, which, according to Spotrac.com, guaranteed Terry $34,654,000 of his total contract value of $68,364,000. Thus, McLaurin’s average salary for the extent of the contract through this season stands at $22,788,000.
Deebo Samuel also takes a significant portion in 2025 with his contract. Spotrac has his total value as $17,545,529, and his guarantee at signing was $15,430,529.
As a result of McLaurin holding out and speaking with the media for 32 minutes almost two weeks ago, the Commanders are basically being portrayed as unfair, low-balling, and disrespectful to McLaurin. But where do the Commanders actually rank in the NFL for 2025 in salary that will be paid out to their receivers?
Warren Sharp unveiled the surprising news that the Commanders are actually committed to paying the fifth-highest amount of all 32 NFL teams to their receivers in 2025. Sharp has the Commanders committed to pay out $43.9M to their receivers this season. Sharp noted his numbers reflect the actual cap hit for each NFL team this 2025 season.
According to Sharp’s numbers, here is the top half of the NFL (16 teams):
$57.5M – Bengals $50.4M – Buccaneers $47.1M – Titans $46.7M – Dolphins $43.9M – Commanders $42.4M – Bears $40.4M – Colts $36.6M – Falcons $35.8M – Lions $35.0M – Cowboys $34.0M – Eagles $33.0M – Broncos $31.3M – Vikings $30.5M – Patriots $30.4M – Rams $29.6M – Texans
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Where do the Commanders rank in wide receiver spending?
