Chiefs bested offers from Saints, Packers to sign WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling

St. Widge said
It's frustrating but there are still plenty of upgrades left in free agency. Nobody that is a star now, but Jarvis Landry, Will Fuller, Emanuel Sanders, OBJ, T.Y. Hilton, A.J. Green, and Sammy Watkins are available. None are what you want as a #2 WR really but they are all much better than Kenny Stills, Kevin White and the production we got from Calloway and TQS last year. So, you get one of those, develop Calloway and maybe TQS and then you draft a WR high in the draft.

It hasn't been done yet and that's concerning, but there are still options available and as you noted, we can also trade for a guy like Bradin Cooks.

Right now Cooks is BY FAR the Saints best option. Even though he has been gone for a while you have to figure the offense has not changed much and he knows it. The concussion issue is by far the biggest red flag with Cooks, but he can play. My guess is that Houston would deal him for a fifth round pick. Do the trade, if he balls out and leaves in free agency next year, you likely can recoup your pick with a compensatory pick in 2024. Also need to bring in a rookie or two and maybe another player who gets cut. Not opposed to TQS coming back on a very cheap deal.