{"id":173712,"date":"2024-05-15T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=173712"},"modified":"2024-05-14T19:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T23:20:30","slug":"marquez-valdes-scantling-bills-chargers-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/05\/15\/marquez-valdes-scantling-bills-chargers-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Stole Free Agent Signing From 2 Needy Franchises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting multiple teams, Marquez Valdes-Scantling signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills worth &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalorumblings.com\/2024\/5\/14\/24156395\/marquez-valdes-scantlings-incentive-laden-buffalo-bills-contract-details-explained\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up to<\/a>&#8221; $4.5 million with a $1.125 million signing bonus. By doing this, Buffalo adds yet another wide receiver to a crowded room of players trying to offset the loss of Stefon Diggs. While the two-time Super Bowl champion didn&#8217;t break the bank, the Bills outbid at least two teams for his services.<\/p>\n<p>Originally entering the NFL as a fifth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Valdes-Scantling first made a name for himself by recording 581 yards and two touchdowns as a rookie. Following a moderately successful four years in Green Bay, the South Florida product helped the Chiefs win back-to-back Super Bowls during his two seasons with the club. While he was hardly the engine powering the offense, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JMP1063\/status\/1752522981283099103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he made crucial catches<\/a> in Kansas City&#8217;s latest Lombardi conquest. However, the Chiefs couldn&#8217;t justify his high cap hit, so they released Marquez Valdes-Scantling and allowed him to sign with the Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Valdes-Scantling is a one-dimensional deep threat with decent speed and questionable hands. While players like him should never be the focal point of a passing attack, he belongs in the NFL. According to Jordan Schultz, the Bills beat out the Los Angeles Chargers and New Orleans Saints for Marquez Valdes-Scantling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MVS fielded interest from several other teams, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chargers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Chargers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Saints<\/a>, before opting with Josh Allen and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bills<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yGzHPrB73O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yGzHPrB73O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1790362415143493842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bills Stole Marquez Valdes-Scantling From Saints, Chargers<\/h2>\n<p>The Saints could use another veteran wide receiver, but it&#8217;s surprising to see them go after Marquez Valdes-Scantling. New Orleans has a young do-everything star in Chris Olave and a reliable deep threat in Rashid Shaheed. This team needs a Michael Thomas replacement, and Valdes-Scantling is a completely different type of player. If anything, he&#8217;d be a little redundant with Shaheed on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Chargers, meanwhile, make all the sense in the world. Justin Herbert doesn&#8217;t have a single reliable receiver, so it makes sense that they were bidding against the Bills for Marquez Valdes-Scantling. The team selected three wide receivers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\">2024 NFL Draft<\/a> and already signed DJ Chark, so perhaps Valdes-Scantling wanted to go to a more open depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>With Marquez Valdes-Scantling on the Bills, look for the Chargers and the Saints to start pursuing the top remaining free agnet wide receivers. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/05\/13\/hunter-renfrow-free-agent-landing-spots\/\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans should express some interest in Hunter Renfrow<\/a>, as the slot receiver excels in the short part of the field and has an established rapport with quarterback Derek Carr. While he might not have another 1,000-yard season in his tank, he can be an adequate replacement for the 2023 version of Michael Thoams.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers, meanwhile, are probably looking for another vertical threat. Mecole Hardman isn&#8217;t anything more than a gadget player, but he&#8217;s one of the fastest players in the league. A smart coach like Jim Harbaugh should be able to get the most out of him, and his vertical ability can open up underneath routes for Ladd McConkey. With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/05\/07\/josh-palmer-chargers-release-chark-valdes-scantling\/\" target=\"_self\">Josh Palmer&#8217;s future uncertain<\/a>, Hardman can be to the Chargers what Marquez Valdes-Scantling is to the Bills.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kirby Lee &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to one report, the Buffalo Bills stole free agent Marquez Valdes-Scantling from at least two interested teams. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":173719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,28],"tags":[7705,7642,4407,32585],"class_list":["post-173712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bills","category-chargers","category-saints","tag-buffalo-bills-news","tag-chargers-featured","tag-marquez-valdes-scantling","tag-siants-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}