THE Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the two teams in the running to sign the former receiver of Green Bay Packers Marquez Valdes-Scantling, according to a report by Aaron Wilson from KPRC-TV.
The Steelers and San Francisco 49ers are the two teams with which Valdes-Scantling plans to sign, according to Wilson.
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The Seattle Seahawks released Valdes-Scantling Tuesday as part of the reduction of this team to 53 players. As an acquired veteran, Valdes-Scantling has immediately become a free agent and is free to sign with any team.
The former 30-year-old teammate in the Steelers quarterrier, Aaron Rodgers, was one of three different teams in the past year.
Valdes-Scantling began the 2024 season with the Buffalo Bills, but on October 15, following the acquisition by the Bills of the Large Receiver Amari Cooper in a business with the Browns of Cleveland, he was released.
He signed with the New Orleans a week later and stayed on their list for the rest of the year.
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He signed a year 5.5 million dollars contract With the Seahawks in March which had a warranty of $ 1.5 million, which Seattle will always pay this season.
Pittsburgh Steelers Wr Target Marquez Valdes-Scantling
The best seasons of Valdes-Scantling’s career occurred when he played with Rodgers to Green Bay. In 2020, he established careers in the reception yards (690) and the affected (6) while making 12 departures.
After four seasons with the packers, he signed with the Kansas City chiefs in 2022, winning a pair of super Bowl rings as a regular starter.
Throughout his career, Valdes-Scantling has mainly played outside the receiver, where the Steelers have an acute need behind DK Metcalf. He played 66.2% of his career clichés outside, according to PffAnd 78.4% of its shots in 2024 arrived there.
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Steelers will have to erase a place on their list of 53 men in order to sign Valdes-Scantling. Five wide receivers appear on the initial list of 53 men from the team, including Metcalf, Calvin Austin III, Roman Wilson, Ben Skowronek and Scotty Miller.
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