Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin's season is over. Washington head coach Dan Quinn told reporters on Tuesday that McLaurin suffered a torn patellar tendon and will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2026 season.

On Monday Night Football, the WR was carted off with his left leg in an air cast late in the first quarter of Washington's Week 6 "Monday Night Football" loss at the 49ers. The fear, according to Quinn's postgame comments, was always that it was a significant injury, and tests on Tuesday confirmed it. 

McLaurin went down while running a route, clutching at his knee, and was unable to get to the sideline under his own power.

McLaurin, 31, has been a staple for Washington since being drafted in the third round in 2019. He had missed one game (Week 4) due to a hamstring injury but still leads the Commanders with 230 receiving yards this season, including a 27-yard catch early in Monday's contest.

McLaurin's injury is just the latest for a snake-bitten Commanders team that lost Jayden Daniels (elbow) for a couple of games earlier this year and has not had Laremy Tunsil all season after he tore his triceps in training camp. Marcus Mariota, Stefon Diggs, Sam Cosmi and Chig Okonkwo have also missed time, and starting running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt landed on IR this week as well.

Washington (1-3-1) trailed 14-3 at the time of McLaurin's departure. The Commanders mounted a second-half comeback, but couldn't finish, falling to the 49ers, 23-17.