Marquez Valdes-Scantling

Los Angeles Chargers · Wide receiverWR depth

Over 11 games last season Marquez Valdes-Scantling averaged 1.5 receptions and 13 yards on 49% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 0.6 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions

0.6

1.0 below his 2025 average

Receiving yards

His snap share has fallen from last season. The projection is pulled down to reflect the smaller role rather than last year’s.

What a realistic week looks like

The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 0 and 2 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share

Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

Game	Opp	Snap share	Target share	Tgt	Rec	Rec yds	TD	We said
26 wk4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6 projected
26 wk3	BUF	4%	3.0%	1	0	0	0	—
25 wk19	HOU	58%	16.1%	5	3	26	0	—
25 wk18	BAL	84%	15.9%	7	5	34	0	—
25 wk17	CLE	82%	24.3%	9	3	21	0	—
25 wk16	DET	42%	7.9%	3	1	6	0	—
25 wk15	MIA	52%	3.7%	1	1	19	1	—
25 wk14	BAL	31%	3.0%	1	0	0	0	—
25 wk6	TB	61%	8.1%	3	2	22	0	—
25 wk5	LA	53%	6.2%	3	1	9	0	—
25 wk3	ARI	26%	2.6%	1	1	9	0	—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 11 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

Outcome	Games it happened	How often
3+ receptions	3 of 11	27%
5+ receptions	1 of 11	9%
7+ receptions	0 of 11	0%
50+ receiving yards	0 of 11	0%
75+ receiving yards	0 of 11	0%
100+ receiving yards	0 of 11	0%
Scored a touchdown	1 of 11	9%

Career by season

Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.

Season	Games	Catches/gm	Rec yds/gm	Targets/gm	TDs, season	Snap share	Target share
2026 so far	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0	4%	3.0%
2025	11	1.5	13.3	3.1	1	49%	8.2%
2024	14	1.4	29.4	3.1	4	54%	10.6%
2023	20	1.4	22.1	2.8	2	59%	8.2%
2022	20	2.5	40.5	4.6	4	67%	13.5%
2021	11	2.4	39.1	5.0	3	62%	14.9%
2020	18	2.3	46.6	4.3	7	74%	13.0%
2019	18	1.5	25.6	3.2	2	45%	9.6%
2018	16	2.4	36.3	4.6	2	65%	11.9%

9 seasons of usage, 2018–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

The whole Los Angeles Chargers roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about wide receivers

Are players better coming off a bye week?They are slightly worse Do defenses shut down the other team’s best receiver?Barely

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4