Christian Watson or Ladd McConkey: who to draft first

Where the draft room has them

Christian Watson goes at ADP 5, an average pick of 50.4, and the board has him WR10 in tier 7.

His earliest recorded pick is 42 and his latest 61, a standard deviation of 6.0 picks.

He appears in 377 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

Over 14 days drafters have taken Watson 7.0 picks earlier.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 71.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 64.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The books have Ladd McConkey at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Christian Watson has been on the field for 76 percent of GB snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 15.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 6 of 8 targets for 147 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 49 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 7 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 5 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 5.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.5 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, 76 percent against 49 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 20 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 is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.