Chiefs get Marquez Valdes-Scantling back at practice

The Kansas City Chiefs are still down multiple receivers in practice on Thursday but the good news is that MVS is on the mend.

The Kansas City Chiefs are still down a couple of wide receivers on the team’s injury report, but things are looking rosier than they were one day ago when three of the team’s top receivers were out of practice. Fortunately, Marquez Valdes-Scantling is on his way back after missing Wednesday’s practice session.

The Chiefs watched Mecole Hardman miss Wednesday and Thursday’s practice sessions with an illness, They also were without JuJu Smith-Schuster on Wednesday along with Valdes-Scantling in a practice with a limited WR room. However, the Chiefs should fare much better even if just one player is available for the team’s upcoming meeting with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Valdes-Scantling signed this offseason with the Chiefs in free agency as a new deep threat following the trade of Tyreek Hill. From there, the Chiefs also added Skyy Moore and Kadarius Toney to round out the room, so even if a couple of guys cannot go, the Chiefs should have enough depth to go with tight ends like Travis Kelce, Jody Fortson, and Noah Gray.

Valdes-Scantling, who just turned 28 years old, has 26 catches for 441 receiving yards and 1 touchdown for the Chiefs this season, his first year out of Green Bay.

The Chiefs are still without Smith-Schuster, Hardman, and cornerback Chris Lammons, who is in the concussion protocol, in practice on Thursday.