Marquez Valdes-Scantling
29-Year-Old
Free Agent
2023 Receiving Stats
REC
21
YDS
315
TD
1
AVG
15.0
TAR
42
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
After five years with at least 430 yards and two touchdowns, Valdes-Scantling had the worst season of his career. Despite posting 687 yards with Patrick Mahomes in 2022, the receiver saw his catches get cut in half while his yardage fell to 315. As a result, the Chiefs let Valdes-Scantling walk in the offseason. During his career, the pass catcher has caught passes from Aaron Rodgers and Mahomes. It’s unlikely he ever finds a situation that good. Valdes-Scantling could surface as a situational deep threat, and it’s possible his best seasons are behind him. Read Past Outlooks
RANKS
Let go by Kansas City
Kansas City will release Valdes-Scantling on Wednesday, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Valdes-Scantling's only chance of remaining with the Chiefs would have been to restructure the final year of his three-year, $30 million contract, but Kansas City will instead cut him loose to save roughly $12 million in cap space. The savings are a necessity for the Chiefs, who are hoping to retain defensive stalwarts L'Jarius Sneed and Chris Jones this offseason on longer-term deals. Valdes-Scantling did little across 16 regular-season games in 2023, with just 21 catches for 315 yards and one touchdown on 42 targets. Back in 2022, he essentially doubled that production in one extra game played. The 29-year-old deep threat will now look to find a complementary role in a wide receiver corps elsewhere in the league.
Valdes-Scantling's only chance of remaining with the Chiefs would have been to restructure the final year of his three-year, $30 million contract, but Kansas City will instead cut him loose to save roughly $12 million in cap space. The savings are a necessity for the Chiefs, who are hoping to retain defensive stalwarts L'Jarius Sneed and Chris Jones this offseason on longer-term deals. Valdes-Scantling did little across 16 regular-season games in 2023, with just 21 catches for 315 yards and one touchdown on 42 targets. Back in 2022, he essentially doubled that production in one extra game played. The 29-year-old deep threat will now look to find a complementary role in a wide receiver corps elsewhere in the league.
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Air Yards Per Game
44.8Air Yards Per Snap
1.23% Team Air Yards
18.8%% Team Targets
7.0%Avg Depth of Target
17.1 YdsCatch Rate
50.0%Drop Rate
9.5%Avg Yds After Catch
4.4% Targeted On Route
9.5%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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Receiving Alignment Breakdown
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2023 Marquez Valdes-Scantling Split Stats
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Measurables Review
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Height
6' 4"Weight
206 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.37 secVertical Jump
30.5 inBroad Jump
124 inBench Press
15 repsHand Length
10.25 inArm Length
32.25 in
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Gets look from Bolts
Valdes-Scantling will visit with the Chargers on Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
ANALYSIS
Los Angeles just added DJ Chark to its receiving room on a one-year deal last week and selected Ladd McConkey in the second round of the 2024 Draft, but the team may not be done bolstering Justin Herbert's supporting cast. Valdes-Scantling is coming off his worst NFL season, catching only 21 passes for 315 yards and a touchdown in 16 regular-season games for Kansas City, but he did haul in a TD in the Super Bowl win over the 49ers.
Los Angeles just added DJ Chark to its receiving room on a one-year deal last week and selected Ladd McConkey in the second round of the 2024 Draft, but the team may not be done bolstering Justin Herbert's supporting cast. Valdes-Scantling is coming off his worst NFL season, catching only 21 passes for 315 yards and a touchdown in 16 regular-season games for Kansas City, but he did haul in a TD in the Super Bowl win over the 49ers.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Valdes-Scantling signed with the Chiefs last offseason with the expectation of being the deep threat with Tyreek Hill gone. That's how things played out, but Valdes-Scantling finished with only 42 receptions for 687 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Patrick Mahomes just didn't throw deep often -- a career-low 8.2 percent of his attempts were 20-plus yards. From a fantasy perspective, MVS is wildly inconsistent, requiring a couple deep grabs to earn fantasy relevance on a given week. With JuJu Smith-Schuster and Mecole Hardman both gone, Valdes-Scantling could draw a few more targets in 2023 in a wideout corps that also includes Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore, Rashee Rice and Richie James, but drafting any pass-catcher in Kansas City's offense other than Travis Kelce is a speculative endeavor.
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Candidate to be released
Kansas City may release Valdes-Scantling this offseason, a move that would clear up $12 million in cap space, according to Nate Taylor of The Athletic.
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Ices game with big reception
Valdes-Scantling caught both of his targets for 38 yards in Sunday's 17-10 AFC Championship win over the Ravens.
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Redemption in divisional round
Valdes-Scantling recorded two receptions on four targets for 62 yards in Sunday's 27-24 win over the Bills.
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Held to one catch in wild-card round
Valdes-Scantling recorded one catch for eight yards on two targets Saturday in the Chiefs' 26-7 win over the Dolphins in the wild-card round.
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Minimal output versus Bengals
Valdes-Scantling gathered in one of three targets for three yards during Sunday's 25-17 win against Cincinnati.
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