Should I start Ladd McConkey or Bo Nix in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 9:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Bo Nix: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ladd McConkey's 45 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Ladd McConkey for Bo Nix?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bo Nix projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.4 a game over 9 games), Ladd McConkey 60 (6.0 a game over 10 games). Ladd McConkey is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Ladd McConkey

WR40 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Overall rank: 104

Bo Nix

QB13 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs pass yds line 2-5

Market-based projection: 16.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 105

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 35.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bo Nix, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Bo Nix is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ladd McConkey's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 234 times and thrown 5.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 234 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 5 against LAC he completed 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 10 yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he completed 17 of 27 passes for 107 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 3 yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he completed 15 of 29 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 75 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ladd McConkey played 16 games and scored 180.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing WR30.

He caught 66 of 106 targets for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bo Nix was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bo Nix scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 7.3 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Bo Nix QB7, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Bo Nix a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Bo Nix in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Ladd McConkey for Bo Nix?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Bo Nix projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.4 a game over 9 games), Ladd McConkey 60 (6.0 a game over 10 games). Ladd McConkey is listed out.
Should I drop Bo Nix for Ladd McConkey?
No. Keep Bo Nix: he projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.4 a game over 9 games), Ladd McConkey 60 (6.0 a game over 10 games). Ladd McConkey is listed out.

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