What You Need to Know:

• MVS tied for 2nd among Packers in targets last year (with Aaron Jones) at 63. That made up just 12% of the team’s pass attempts, though.
• Allen Lazard -- who lost 6 games to injury -- edged Valdes-Scantling in targets per game, 4.6 to 3.9.
• MVS ranked 3rd in the league last season in average depth of target at 18.23 yards. The only 2 players ahead of him were Eagles WR John Hightower and Chargers WR Tyron Johnson, who each fell short of 30 targets for the year.
• Valdes-Scantling led all qualifiers in yards per catch at 20.9, the league’s highest mark since DeSean Jackson hit 20.9 YPC in 2014.
• MVS posted his 3rd straight lackluster Pro Football Focus receiving grade. But for the 1st time in his 3 seasons, his top marks came late in the year. Valdes-Scantling earned 3 of his 4 best game grades over the final 6 contests and positive marks in each of the 2 playoff outings.
• Valdes-Scantling’s drop rate more than doubled, from 6.9% in 2019 to 14.6% last year. But he dropped just 1 pass over his final 6 games -- according to PFF -- and only 2 passes over his final 10.
• New competition for 2020 includes 3rd-round rookie Amari Rodgers and veteran Devin Funchess, who opted out last season after signing a 1-year deal.
  • At 5’9, 212 pounds, Rodgers looks like a slot guy -- especially after playing 82% of his snaps there in his final college season.
  • Funchess profiles similar to MVS in role, having spent just 19.9% of his career pass snaps in the slot and sporting a 13.8 career ADOT.

Draft Sharks Bottom Line:

At his best, MVS is a volatile producer -- even by the volatile standards of the position. He’s not likely to reach 100 targets, and has caught just 50.5% of his career looks despite playing with Aaron Rodgers for 3 seasons. We don’t know yet whether he’ll have Rodgers or Jordan Love in 2021, so we’re not too interested in Valdes-Scantling for fantasy purposes as of this writing.