Bills add two-time Super Bowl champ to new-look WR room
Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s arsenal of weapons is going to seem very one-of-a-kind in 2024.
Buffalo let WR Gabe Davis (Jaguars) stroll in free corporation and then traded WR Stefon Diggs to the Texans in April but delivered yet another playmaker on Tuesday to help fill the void.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, former Chiefs broad receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling plans to signal a one-year deal well worth up to $4.5 million, including a $1.125 million signing bonus, with the Bills.
Valdes-Scantling fielded activity from several other teams, along with the Chargers and Saints, but opted to play with Allen after starting his profession via playing with Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes.
The 29-year-old has spent the past two seasons with Kansas City where he registered sixty three catches for 1,002 yards and three touchdowns. He additionally had two massive catches (30- and 32-yard passes) that helped the Chiefs beat Buffalo in the playoffs final season.
That may additionally be one of the biggest motives why the Bills desired to add Valdes-Scantling as he is helped Kansas City win back-to-back Super Bowls.
Valdes-Scantling is joining a revamped broad receiver room that consists of the new arrivals of 2024 first-round draft choose Keon Coleman and veterans Curtis Samuel, Chase Claypool and Mack Hollins
The rapid vast receiver has struggled with consistency and drops the previous two seasons, enjoying a massive position in the Chiefs main the league in dropped passes (44).
However, the Bills are hoping he can play more like he did down the stretch in 2023 than formerly in the yr and help them eventually get over their postseason hump.
Only time will tell if Buffalo’s most important overhaul of its receiver room will pay off, but there may be no arguing the team has surrounded Allen with a ton of brain after losing two of his top goals (Diggs and Davis) over the past four years.
