Should I start Christian Watson or Ladd McConkey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian Watson, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Christian Watson's market-based projection is 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Christian Watson has been on the field for 77 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 94 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 74 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he caught 8 of 10 targets for 113 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 171 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 53 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 6 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 18 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ladd McConkey was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 1.9 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 51 more targets than Christian Watson, 106 to 55.

Ladd McConkey had 178 more receiving yards than Christian Watson, 789 to 611.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 53 percent.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, 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 has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.