Marquez Valdes-Scantling

Bills signed WR Marques Valdes-Scantling, formerly of the Chiefs, to a one-year contract.

Valdes-Scantling, 29, who averaged 3.5 targets per game over 33 regular season games with the Chiefs over the past two seasons, will likely function as Josh Allen’s primary downfield pass catcher in the run-first Buffalo offense. MVS posted much higher Expected Points Added per target against Man Coverage last season (.38) than Zone (.09), and the Bills faced the most Man Coverage last season, so the team likely views him as a potential avenue to combat that defensive gameplan. MVS will once again occupy a boom-bust role in the Bills offense, catching passes from one of the game’s strongest-armed quarterbacks while Curtis Samuel and Dalton Kincaid eat up short-area targets.