Chargers Sign Valdes-Scantling After Losing 3 WRs to Injury — SkimNews
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- The Los Angeles Chargers are signing wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling to their practice squad, per ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling, 31, was a 2018 fifth-round pick out of South Florida and has played for six NFL teams: the Packers (four seasons), Chiefs (two seasons), Bills, Saints, 49ers, and Steelers.
- The move follows Sunday's loss to the Cardinals, in which three Chargers wide receivers went down: Ladd McConkey (rib), KeAndre Lambert-Smith (hamstring), and Derius Davis (undisclosed).
- KeAndre Lambert-Smith was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, requiring him to miss at least four games.
- Ladd McConkey caught five passes for 82 yards before exiting in the third quarter after a big hit from Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. on an in-breaking route.
- Derius Davis was hurt on a Justin Herbert interception — a deep pass where Davis was blanketed by two defenders, landed awkwardly on his shoulder, and the ball was picked off by safety Andrew Wingard; Davis did return to the game.
- The Chargers also promoted Gary Jennings from the practice squad to the active roster on Tuesday.
Why it matters: The Chargers' suddenly thin receiver corps — with McConkey hurting and Lambert-Smith shelved on injured reserve for at least four games — forced the team to add veteran depth in Valdes-Scantling, who was available after Dallas cut him from its 53-man roster in training camp. Justin Herbert loses McConkey, his top performer against Arizona (five catches, 82 yards), right as the team must plug in a 31-year-old journeyman just to maintain practice-squad bodies.
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