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The Chiefs began work on replacing wide receiver Tyreke Hill.
According to multiple reports, former Green Bay wide receiver Marquez Valdez-Scantling is signing Kansas City to a three-year, $30 million contract that can be extended to $36 million.
On Wednesday, Valdez-Scantling visited the Chiefs as a free agent and clearly liked what he heard. He was #81 on the PFT Free Agents list for 2022.
Valdez-Scantling was selected in the fifth round of the 2018 draft and has won back his rookie contract with the Packers. He missed several games last season with a hamstring injury and missed the San Francisco playoffs with a back injury.
But in 2021, he still caught 26 passes for 430 yards with three touchdowns.
In 2020, the speed wideout caught 33 passes for 690 yards with six touchdowns and led the league with 20.9 yards per reception.
It will be nearly impossible for the Chiefs to replace Hill, one of the league’s top wide receivers, with just one player. But Valdes-Scantling at least has experience with one of the other elite quarterbacks.