{"id":950,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/950","headline":"Steelers bring back Marquez Valdes-Scantling","dek":"The veteran receiver is expected to join Pittsburgh's practice squad, reuniting with Aaron Rodgers.","body":"The Steelers are re-signing wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, according to Mike DeFabo of TheAthletic.com. The veteran is expected to land on Pittsburgh's practice squad.\n\nThe move puts Valdes-Scantling back in the same building as Aaron Rodgers, continuing a connection between the two that dates back to their time together. For a Steelers receiver room looking for depth, adding a player with his experience on the practice squad costs little and gives the team another body to call up if injuries pile up.\n\nThere is no word yet on when Valdes-Scantling might be elevated to the active roster, or what his role would look like if he is. For now, this is a depth move, the kind of transaction that rarely makes headlines but quietly shapes a roster as the season wears on.","published_at":"2026-10-21T00:20:15.583659+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Steelers to sign WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling to practice squad","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steelers-sign-wr-marquez-valdes-012014351.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Steelers to sign WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling to practice squad","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/steelers-to-sign-wr-marquez-valdes-scantling-to-practice-squad"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Steelers, Aaron Rodgers to reunite with Marquez Valdes-Scantling: Source","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7706229/2026/10/19/steelers-aaron-rodgers-marquez-valdes-scantling-signing/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Steelers Set to Reunite with Former Wide Receiver","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steelers-set-reunite-former-wide-012119829.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Steelers sign Aaron Rodgers favorite to the practice squad","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steelers-sign-aaron-rodgers-favorite-034423570.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Steelers to reunite with former wide receiver and longtime Aaron Rodgers teammate","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steelers-reunite-former-wide-receiver-040020485.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former 49ers WR Reuniting with Aaron Rodgers and Steelers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-49ers-wr-reuniting-aaron-041359272.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Seahawks WR Signs With Steelers to Rejoin Aaron Rodgers: Report","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-seahawks-wr-signs-steelers-042720412.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ex-Green Bay Packers WR Reunites with Aaron Rodgers in Recent Roster Move","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ex-green-bay-packers-wr-052258103.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ex-Saints WR Signs With Steelers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ex-saints-wr-signs-steelers-051130634.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Steelers WR Set to Rejoin Team, Reunite With Aaron Rodgers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-steelers-wr-set-rejoin-052723736.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Cowboys WR Reunites With Steelers: Report","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-cowboys-wr-reunites-steelers-150707837.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Wide receiver-needy Steelers bring back veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wide-receiver-needy-steelers-bring-220409920.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/61bd978/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F902%2F299%2Fnbc_pft_steelersbucs_261019.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}