When I came here, this is what I came here to do.’’ Marquez Valdes-Scantling hugs Aaron Rodgers after making a touchdown catch while he was a member of the Packers. That’s the best situation you could ask for. “Finally making it over that hump is something I’ve wanted to do. “Obviously, was a big part of my decision, but being with a winning organization was a big portion of that because when I was in Green Bay, we’d been one of the better teams in the league in my four years there, making it to the NFC Championship a couple times,’’ Valdes-Scantling said. Valdes-Scantling took over the AFC Championship as Mahomes’ top target two weeks ago - with Smith-Schuster nursing a knee injury, Kadarius Toney knocked out of the game with an ankle injury and Mecole Hardman out with a pelvis injury - catching six passes for 116 yards and a TD in the Chiefs’ tight 23-20 win over the Bengals. I was able to get into a fortunate situation with Pat and it’s been working out.’’ Valdes-Scantling conceded that when he entered free agency “it was going to be hard for me to go from Aaron to anybody else,’’ adding, “So, I had to make sure that the person (read: quarterback) I went to was just as good. “The only guy that I know that can match what Tom Brady does, what Ben Roethlisberger does, what Aaron Rodgers does … is Pat Mahomes.’’ “One thing about all three of us is that we were all free agents coming here, so when you know how good you had it with a Hall of Fame quarterback you want to go someplace else that has the quarterback play to match that.Ĭhiefs didn’t let Tyreek Hill trade slow them down “Once you’ve ridden in the Cadillac, you don’t want to go back to what you used to drive in high school,’’ Watson told The Post on Thursday. Marquez Valdes-Scantling (left) celebrates with Patrick Mahomes after the Chiefs AFC title game win over the Bengals. So, too, is Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, who like Valdes-Scantling, signed with Kansas City as a free agent this year after catching passes from Ben Roethlisberger the previous five seasons in Pittsburgh.Īnd so is Justin Watson, who also signed with Kansas City this year after playing in Tampa Bay and with Tom Brady the past two years. “MVS?’’ Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon said Thursday when The Post asked him about Valdes-Scantling’s career fortune. The litany of receivers around the league playing for mediocre to poor quarterbacks look at Valdes-Scantling with quarterback envy. You know what that is for an NFL receiver? The Chiefs’ 28-year-old receiver - likely their healthiest wideout for Super Bowl 2023 against the Eagles on Sunday at State Farm Stadium - came to Kansas City this season as a free agent to catch passes from Patrick Mahomes after catching them from Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay for the previous four years. Royal Liverpool's diabolical 17th hole could decide British Open Stewart Cink can rewrite his Open Championship legacy Justin Thomas' Open Championship disaster has Ryder Cup implications as funk continues Jon Rahm smashes British Open course record with dazzling third round Rory McIlroy's surprising British Open take doesn't make latest major failure better
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