Ladd McConkey or Dalton Schultz: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 63.

Our board does not carry Dalton Schultz at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and the sportsbooks have no priced market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 74th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Dalton Schultz, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 47 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

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

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

Through Week 2, Dalton Schultz has been on the field for 67 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 12 of 14 targets for 140 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 Dalton Schultz played 17 games and scored 177.7 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE10.

He caught 82 of 106 targets for 777 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dalton Schultz was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Dalton Schultz 10.5, 0.9 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Dalton Schultz TE10, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Dalton Schultz a tight end, 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. No bye is listed for Dalton Schultz.

What would change the answer

Dalton Schultz has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.