Marquez Valdes-Scantling landing spots: A possible reunion with the Chiefs, plus two other AFC teams

The Buffalo Bills boosted their offense on Tuesday, adding five-time Pro Bowler Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns. To make room for this new acquisition, the Bills are releasing wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling. 

Cooper reworked his contract with the Browns ahead of the season, making it easier for a trade to happen. In exchange for Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round pick, Cleveland gets a 2025 third-round draft pick and a 2026 seventh-round pick.

Valdes-Scantling is now collateral damage and will seek a new team looking to add depth at wide receiver. The former fifth-round pick began his career with the Green Bay Packers, playing there from 2018 to 2021. He spent the next two years with the Kansas City Chiefs, taking home a Super Bowl ring in both seasons. 

He has 188 career receptions for 3,181 yards and 16 touchdowns. He has just two receptions for 26 yards this season.

Last season in Kansas City, he finished with 21 receptions for 315 yards and one touchdown and had eight receptions for 128 and one trip to the end zone in the playoffs.

Here are a few spots MVS could land:

Kansas City Chiefs

Reunions are in the air this week, with Davante Adams joining his former quarterback Aaron Rodgers on the New York Jets. Could we have another one with the Chiefs? 

Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is on injured reserve and underwent surgery on his knee and will likely miss the remainder of the season. Wide receiver Hollywood Brown is also on injured reserve with a shoulder injury that required surgery. 

MVS had one of the best years in his career playing with Patrick Mahomes, so the two already have chemistry. 

Speaking of Adams, Las Vegas just lost a No. 1 receiver on Tuesday, when he made the move to the Big Apple. The Raiders have realistically been adjusting to life without the wide receiver for weeks. Adams has been sidelined with a hamstring injury after requesting a…

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Author : Shanna McCarriston

Publish date : 2024-10-15 21:24:56

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