Washington Football Team: Five bold predictions vs. Seahawks

1. Terry McLaurin accounts for 60 percent of Washington’s offensive yards

Terry McLaurin has caught just four passes for 38 yards in his last two games. That is highly unusual for one of the most productive players in football.

Washington has survived without his production in recent weeks, but if they want to stay competitive against the Seahawks, they need to have McLaurin at his best, as our own Ian Cummings wrote earlier this week.

"Washington was able to withstand the inefficiency on offense in Week 14, courtesy of a stellar defensive performance that included two defensive touchdowns. But Washington’s Week 15 opponent isn’t the wounded offensive spectacle that San Francisco is. Seattle is coming off a 40-3 shellacking of the New York Jets, and Russell Wilson is finding his stride again after a short stretch of inconsistency. The Washington Football Team won’t be able to win this game on defense alone. Thus, it’ll be up to McLaurin — who may be going up against Quinton Dunbar — to make plays where others can’t. He’s displayed the ability to create plays for the offense in the past, and especially with the questions at quarterback, it’ll be even more important than usual on Sunday."

This is very true. McLaurin needs to step up and do everything he can to make plays and make life easy on his college teammate, Haskins. The game plan should involve getting passes to McLaurin early and often, so don’t be surprised to see him catch a lot of passes and rack up some yards.

If McLaurin can catch some long passes or create some yards after the catch, he could have a big offensive output. We’ll get really bold here and will project him to put up 60 percent of Washington’s yards, however many that may be.

Obviously, McLaurin is talented and has the capabilities to do this. If he does, he’ll have a good chance to emerge as the main factor that makes life easy on Haskins and keeps Washington in this tough matchup.