Kansas City is releasing Valdes-Scantling, saving the team roughly $12 million in cap space, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports. 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. Kansas City's cap savings by cutting the veteran wideout are, as it stands, a necessity for a team hoping to retain both L'Jarius Sneed and Chris Jones. 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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2023 Post Season Stats
2023 Statistics
Receiving
Year | Team | GP | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TDS | LNG | YAC | YDS/G |
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2023 | KC | 16 | 21 | 42 | 315 | 15 | 1 | 46 | 92 | 20 |
2022 | KC | 17 | 42 | 81 | 687 | 16 | 2 | 57 | 149 | 40 |
2021 | GB | 11 | 26 | 55 | 430 | 17 | 3 | 75 | 146 | 39 |
2020 | GB | 16 | 33 | 63 | 690 | 21 | 6 | 78 | 241 | 43 |
Rushing
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Let go by Chiefs
Kansas City is releasing Valdes-Scantling, saving the team roughly $12 million in cap space, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports. 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. Kansas City's cap savings by cutting the veteran wideout are, as it stands, a necessity for a team hoping to retain both L'Jarius Sneed and Chris Jones. 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.
Kept in check by Broncos
Valdes-Scantling pieced together his best effort of the season last week against the Chargers, notching three grabs for 84 yards and a score, but he could not replicate that output in Sunday's contest despite the Chiefs trailing a healthy portion of the contest. He did finish the game with his second-most targets (four) this season, but the veteran can be left off most fantasy rosters at this point.
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Career History
Career Stats
Career Stats
Receiving
Year | Team | GP | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TDS | LNG | YAC | YDS/G |
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2023 | KC | 16 | 21 | 42 | 315 | 15 | 1 | 46 | 92 | 20 |
2022 | KC | 17 | 42 | 81 | 687 | 16 | 2 | 57 | 149 | 40 |
2021 | GB | 11 | 26 | 55 | 430 | 17 | 3 | 75 | 146 | 39 |
2020 | GB | 16 | 33 | 63 | 690 | 21 | 6 | 78 | 241 | 43 |
2019 | GB | 16 | 26 | 56 | 452 | 17 | 2 | 74 | 151 | 28 |
2018 | GB | 16 | 38 | 73 | 581 | 15 | 2 | 60 | 209 | 36 |
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