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Wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Green Bay Packers
The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost out on yet another wide receiver.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to have to wait a little bit longer to add another wide receiver as the San Francisco 49ers are signing free agent Marquez Valdes-Scantling , per NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero .
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Valdes-Scantling was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday as part of that team's cut down to 53 players. He was choosing between the Steelers and 49ers, according to a report by Aaron Wilson of KPRC-TV .
The 30-year-old made a lot of sense for Pittsburgh, which has been looking to add another outside receiver since trading George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys earlier this offseason. He's played 66.2% of his career snaps outside, according to PFF , and 78.4% of his snaps in 2024 came there.
Valdes-Scantling is also a former teammate of Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the best seasons of his career have come when playing with him in Green Bay .
In 2020, he set career highs in receiving yards (690) and touchdowns (6) while making 12 starts. Unfortunately, the Steelers will now have to continue their search elsewhere.
BALTIMORE, MD – AUGUST 15: Green Bay Packers wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling (83) warms up during the National Football League preseason game between the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens on August 15, 2019 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD (Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire)
Valdes-Scantling started the 2024 season with the Buffalo Bills , but was released following the Bills' acquisition of wide receiver Amari Cooper in a trade with the Cleveland Browns .
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He then signed with the New Orleans Saints a week later and remained on the their roster for the rest of the year.
Valdes-Scantling signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract with the Seahawks this March that had $1.5 million guaranteed, which Seattle will still be paying him this season.
The 6-foot-4, 206-pound receiver ran a 4.37-second 40-yard dash coming out of South Florida in 2018, and has remained a dangerous deep threat, if not a high-volume target. His 17.4 yards per catch over the course of his career makes him the active NFL leader in that category.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : 49ers Sign Away Steelers WR Target
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