Terry McLaurin has been fighting for respect since entering the league as a third-round draft pick in 2019. He remained an upbeat leader on some truly awful teams and was a beam of sunlight as the Washington Commanders slogged through scandal and dysfunction.
McLaurin never complained. He let his play do the talking.
Despite lining up alongside a rotating cast of journeyman quarterbacks, McLaurin was a model of consistency. You could pencil him in for 1,000 receiving yards before each season and forget about it. Still, he remained a constant presence on “most underrated” lists.