Norris ranks McLaurin 38th overall vs. WR24 ADP; new OC Blau will unlock dynamic deployment after years of static usage.

Josh Norris ranks Terry McLaurin as 38th overall (WR20) vs. consensus WR24 (55th overall) ADP, citing hidden edge in predicting how new play callers impact veteran receivers. Norris highlights that McLaurin has been deployed extremely statically—playing left wide receiver on the line of scrimmage 74% of the time—and has never received the outside-to-inside versatility, motion, and stacking that elite receivers typically get. With new play caller David Blau, Norris believes McLaurin has a real chance to reach top-20 or top-15 true opportunity at WR1 this season. Matt Harmon ranks him as a strong fourth rounder in the boom-bust tier (alongside Christian Watson, Jameson Williams, Roma Dunze, Mike Evans), noting he's played 23 games with Jaden Daniels and scored as WR14 on WR26 usage in full PPR. Harmon emphasizes that McLaurin's static deployment dates back deep into his career—even before Cliff Kingsbury—and that this could be the most dynamic deployment of his entire career. Norris adds that McLaurin held out during training camp last year and didn't get reps, which impacted his season, and that Blau stated his first priority was "how do we get Terry McLaurin 10 targets per game?"