It’s never a bad idea to add experience and championship pedigree to a young position group, is it?
The Buffalo Bills overhauled their receiving corps in the 2024 NFL offseason, moving on from veterans Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis while recentering the unit around youth in the form of rookie Keon Coleman and third-year contributor Khalil Shakir. While the team did add external reinforcements with the likes of Curtis Samuel, Mack Hollins, and (likely training camp body) Chase Claypool, it looks as though Buffalo plans to rely on young, relatively inexperienced pass-catchers for the vast majority of its aerial production (especially when one factors second-year tight end Dalton Kincaid into the equation).
The turnover and resulting inexperience at the position has prompted some pundits to question the potential productivity and long-term sustainability of the unit, with many feeling as though the Bills still need to make another move or two at wide receiver. One writer feels as though a back-to-back Super Bowl champion could be an advantageous acquisition for Buffalo; in his recent article highlighting one currently unsigned veteran who could help bolster each NFL contender, Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox identified former Kansas City Chiefs wideout Marquez Valdes-Scantling as a potential fit for the Bills.
“There’s room for another receiver in Buffalo’s lineup, specifically one who can stretch the field as Diggs once did,” Knox wrote. “Scooping up former conference rival Marquez Valdes-Scantling would be a great move for the Bills. Valdes-Scantling wasn’t particularly consistent in his two years with the Kansas City Chiefs, but he came up big during the 2023 postseason—including two catches for 62 yards against Buffalo in the divisional round.
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