Ladd McConkey or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ladd McConkey at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 1.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 208th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 54 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 51 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

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 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 4.5 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Ladd McConkey had 70 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 106 to 36.

Ladd McConkey had 486 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 789 to 303.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 51 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Ladd McConkey is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.