Veteran field stretcher Marquez Valdes-Scantling is reportedly signing with the Buffalo Bills.
The Buffalo Bills are expected to sign veteran wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that, Valdes-Scantling was selected in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he would start 39 games over his four-year stint with the team. He caught 123 passes for 2,153 yards and 13 touchdowns throughout his time in Wisconsin, serving as a boundary field stretcher for premiere quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Valdes-Scantling would link up with another elite passer in the 2021 offseason, inking a three-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs to join forces with Patrick Mahomes. He caught 63 passes for 1,002 yards and three touchdowns throughout his two seasons with the Chiefs, winning back-to-back Super Bowls before being released by the team in February.
Valdes-Scantling not only brings tenure, playoff experience, and championship pedigree to the Bills’ receiving corps—he also brings speed, an element general manager Brandon Beane largely neglected to add in the offseason. He ran a 4.37 40-yard dash at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, and though he’s lost a step as he’s aged, his game is still largely predicated on speed.
While he’s currently the most proven boundary speedster on Buffalo’s roster, it’s difficult to imagine him usurping Shakir, Samuel, Coleman, or tight end Dalton Kincaid in the target pecking order. Eventual contract details will shed a bit of light on whether or not the Bills expect him to make the roster; as of now, he projects as an, in theory, reliable veteran who adds a different—and needed—dynamic to the Bills’ aerial attack. That said, don’t anticipate elite production.
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