Yahoo Sports NFL on Marquez Valdes-Scantling

ArticleThese Cowboys rookies need more preseason playing timeAugust 22, 2026

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In an ideal world, the Cowboys would prefer to keep their young players, Smith and Brown, since both are under cheap contracts whereas Valdes-Scantling and Mingo are in the final year of their deals.

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Valdes-Scantling's final contract year hurts his fifth receiver chances.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling is competing for the fifth receiver spot but is at a disadvantage compared to young, cheap-contract players like Anthony Smith and Camden Brown; Valdes-Scantling is in the final year of his deal, making him less attractive to the Cowboys than younger alternatives.