The Seattle Seahawks signed Sam Darnold to a three-year, $110.5 million contract on Monday. Darnold, with the help of Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, led the NFL in 2024 in deep passing yards with 1,023, per Next Gen Stats. Since they parted ways with DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, their top two deep threats, the Seahawks needed to add speed to their receiving corps.
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According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Seahawks signed Marquez Valdes-Scantling to a one-year deal worth up to $5.5 million, reuniting with Klint Kubiak as their offensive coordinator in Seattle. MVS is on his fifth team and eighth year in the NFL. He is primarily known as a deep threat and has plenty of playoff experience.
Veteran WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling is signing with the #Seahawks on a one-year deal worth up to $5.5 million, per sources.
Deal negotiated by Harold C. Lewis, Ezra Thompson and Chad Berger of @NSAFootball pic.twitter.com/Uxe40X7F8v
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 12, 2025
Valdes-Scantling has caught 205 passes on 414 targets for 3,566 yards and 20 touchdowns, averaging 8.6 yards per target and 17.4 yards per reception in 106 career regular season games. MVS also has 24 receptions on 39 targets for 406 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 10.4 yards per target and 16.9 yards per reception in 11 postseason games, including two Super Bowl wins.
Although inconsistent in the passing game, hence his 49.5% career catching percentage, roughly half of his career regular season receiving yards have come from passes over 20+ yards, per PFF.
MVS spent the last half of 2024 with Klint Kubiak
After a rough start to the 2024 season with the Buffalo Bills, the Bills cut Marquez Valdes-Scantling before Week 7, and the Saints later signed him. Valdes-Scantling performed well in the passing game under Klint Kubiak’s scheme. MVS caught 17 passes on 35 targets for 385 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 11 yards per target and 22.6 yards per reception in eight starts with New Orleans. He also caught four passes on 15 targets for 174 yards and two touchdowns from passes over 20+ yards.
Here’s a look at the Seattle Seahawks’ wide receiver room
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- Jake Bobo
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling
- Dareke Young
- Cody White
- John Rhys Plumlee
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