Who Should I Start? Marquez Valdes-Scantling or Jack Bech

Tuesday, November 4, 11:08 AM

The Pittsburgh Steelers officially signed wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling to their practice squad on Tuesday, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. The 31-year-old held a depth role in San Francisco earlier this season, catching four of his eight targets for 40 yards in five games played. Valdes-Scantling has bounced around, with Pittsburgh marking his fourth team in two seasons. The veteran has been a useful player at nearly every stop of his career and now reunites with his former Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, in Pittsburgh. Valdes-Scantling's most productive season in the NFL came back in 2020 with Rodgers, where he caught a career high six touchdowns and led the league with 20.9 yards per reception.

Tuesday, November 4, 2:42 PM

Las Vegas Raiders rookie wide receiver Jack Bech did not see the field in Sunday's overtime loss to the Jaguars outside of his 12 special teams snaps. With Jakobi Meyers being dealt to those same Jaguars on Tuesday, there is a theoretical path for Bech to become more involved in a Raiders offense that was seemingly rejuvenated by the return of a healthy Brock Bowers. Unfortunately, even with Bowers and Meyers both missing time earlier this year, Bech's usage has been inconsistent and underwhelming. On a day that fellow rookie Dont'e Thornton was a healthy inactive, Bech was a non-factor, and he's best left for someone else to claim off waivers. This offense is built to run through Bowers, and any secondary role will likely be filled by Tre Tucker or newly acquired veteran Tyler Lockett, who was on the field for nearly 30% of the team's offensive snaps in his first game as a Raider.