Not a full week after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII win, Marquez Valdes-Scantling was asking the important questions.
“When do we start recruiting players to come win another championship,” Valdes-Scantling pondered on Twitter.
Well, he eventually answered his own question.
Over the weekend, Valdes-Scantling came across a tweet from NFL reporter Jordan Schultz regarding his former teammate with the Green Bay Packers, Allen Lazard. The tweet featured a quote from an NFL executive and suggested Lazard was due for a payday after notching the best season of his career.
Valdes-Scantling tweeted in support of his former teammate and he also dropped a not-so-subtle hint about where he should come to play in free agency.
“Pay the man,” Valdes-Scantling exclaimed. “Happy whatever way it go for you. But also come to KC.”
Judging by Lazard’s response, the idea might have crossed his mind, especially after seeing Valdes-Scantling win a ring in Super Bowl LVII.
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— Allen Lazard 👑 (@AllenLazard) February 25, 2023
As for Lazard’s fit in Kansas City, he could be an option should the team be unable to retain JuJu Smith-Schuster. The 6-5 and 227-pound receiver can do a lot of the same dirty work in the middle of the field that Smith-Schuster did this season to take some pressure off of Travis Kelce. He’s also an absolute bully as a blocker, which you know will catch the attention of Andy Reid.
As mentioned earlier, Lazard is coming off a career year with 60 receptions for 788 yards and six touchdowns in Green Bay. Over The Cap currently projects he’ll earn a contract with a $10.8 million-per-year average, but it’s possible he could be enticed by an incentive-laden contract similar to the one that Smith-Schuster signed a season ago.
