Buffalo Bills release two-time Super Bowl champion after trading for Amari Cooper

The Buffalo Bills traded for former Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper . Someone had to go to create space.

Buffalo released Marquez Valdes-Scantling on Tuesday.

Valdes-Scantling's Bills career ended after two catches and six games. That's one catch per Super Bowl ring the seven-year veteran owns.

Valdes-Scantling, 30, signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with the Bills in May, fresh off back-to-back Super Bowl titles with the Kansas City Chiefs. He's a big-bodied receiver at 6-foot-4 who came in with more than 3,000 career receiving yards as a deep threat working with future Hall of Fame quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes.

Valdes-Scantling's reps dwindled throughout training camp, he was inconsistent in practice and didn't seem to develop a rapport with Josh Allen. His snap count was 39% through the first six games.

Buffalo acquired Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round draft pick from Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and 2026 seventh-round pick.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver depth chart

Amari Cooper

• 2024 stats: 6 games (Cleveland Browns); 24 receptions for 250 yards and 2 touchdowns
• Career stats: 146 games; 691 receptions for 9,736 yards and 62 touchdowns

Khalil Shakir

• 2024 stats: 5 games; 20 receptions for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns
• Career stats: 36 games; 69 receptions for 1,021 yards and 5 touchdowns

Keon Coleman

• 2024 stats: 6 games; 12 receptions for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns

Mack Hollins

• 2024 stats: 6 games; 7 receptions for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns
• Career stats: 101 games; 138 receptions for 1,772 yards and 12 touchdowns

Curtis Samuel

• 2024 stats: 6 games; 12 receptions for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns; 3 carries for 6 yards and 0 touchdowns
• Career stats: 97 games; 329 receptions for 3,475 yards and 22 touchdowns; 124 carries for 721 yards and 7 touchdowns

Practice squad

Ahmarean Brown

• Career stats: None

KJ Hamler

• Career stats: 23 games; 42 receptions for 620 yards and 3 touchdowns

Tyrell Shavers

• Career stats: 1 game; 0 receptions

Jalen Virgil

• Career stats: 9 games; 2 receptions for 75 yards and 1 touchdown

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Buffalo Bills release two-time Super Bowl champion after trading for Amari Cooper