5. MVS showed off his speed.
One of the stories of the last week in Seahawks camp has been the development of rookie receiver Tory Horton, who looks to be pushing for a significant role in the offense. Horton’s assent means Valdes-Scantling is competing for his opportunity, and as Macdonald noted Tuesday, the veteran receiver is handling it well.
“He knows he’s in a battle,” Macdonald said. “I think he respects Tory, what he’s doing, and he has a great attitude, he’s had a tremendous attitude. He’s a competitor at heart.”
And on Tuesday Valdes-Scantling helped himself in that competition with a nice catch and run that showed off the speed that helped him average 22.6 yards per catch in his eight games with the Saints last season playing in Klint Kubiak’s offense. Taking what looked like a simple short pass over the middle from Drew Lock, Valdes-Scantling turned up field and raced past the secondary for a touchdown.
“He’s doing a good job,” Macdonald said of Valdes-Scantling’s camp. “The things that he does, I think are going to show up more when we’re live—being able to separate the defense, getting into that third level to open up some of those intermediate routes, and if they don’t respect what he can do, you saw last year what he can do.”