Kevin Szafraniec uses RotoViz’s Advanced Stats Explorer to uncover under-the-radar trends at the wide receiver position from the first 13 weeks of the 2025 NFL season.
It’s been a rough season for Terry McLaurin in 2025. After leveraging a huge contract extension by sitting out the majority of training camp, he has only been on the field for five games this season due to a litany of different ailments. And even when McLaurin has been on the field, he has not provided much return on investment for the Washington front office.
Things were not looking considerably more optimistic for McLaurin in his most recent return from injury, as he was set to face a fierce Broncos’ secondary that was getting a star of its own, Pat Surtain II, back on the field. Despite being a tough matchup on paper, McLaurin was able to deliver his best game to date in 2025.
After a strong showing in a tough matchup and with the impending return of Jayden Daniels not far off, what are the chances that McLaurin can make up for his early-season disappointment by finishing hot down the stretch?
Before we get into the latest information available in the Advanced Stats Explorer, just a few quick reminders about the article.
- Early in the offseason, I updated my deep dive into the past six years of wide receiver data available in the Advanced Stats Explorer and broke it down into four separate articles: Routes and Targets, Intended Air Yards, Yards After the Catch and Evasion, and Catchable Targets, Drops, First Downs, and Touchdowns.
- When working through the six-year sample, I found that the 90th percentile and above generally included most of the top 24 wide receivers for each metric in any given season. The 75th percentile and above included the top 55 to 60 WRs in any given metric per season. Given that these two cohorts easily fit into a typical 12-team fantasy league, they will be referenced throughout the article.
Our current sample of wide receivers to earn a target in 2025 rose to 215 in Week 13, up from 211 in Week 12.
