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With a perfectly placed deep ball by Aaron Rodgers, Valdes-Scantling outsprinted Jaguars cornerback Sidney Jones down the sideline and cut across field for the 78-yard touchdown, the longest TD catch of Valdes-Scantling's young career.
The play sparked a Packers' offense that punted three times in the first quarter and set off a career day in which the 6-foot-4, 206-pound receiver caught three passes for 149 yards in Green Bay's 24-20 victory over the Jaguars.
The touchdown, set up by Aaron Jones' blitz pickup, went viral since the official got run over by safety Jarrod Wilson when Valdes-Scantling cut to the middle of the field, and then Wilson couldn't catch him.
"I just tried to put it up in the air and throw it a little bit inside expecting the ball to kind of float to the right a little bit," said Rodgers of the play.
"And Marquez did all the separation at the 20-yard mark and did a nice job catching it, switching field and kind of using the ref to get into the end zone there."
That wasn't all for Valdes-Scantling. Later in the second quarter, facing a third-and-6 from the Green Bay 23, Rodgers scrambled out of the pocket and found Valdes-Scantling uncovered in the middle of the field for a 22-yard gain.
He also caught a 31-yard pass in the second half to put a stamp on the fourth 100-yard game of his career, one week after recording his first two-TD performance in Green Bay's 35-17 win over San Francisco.