Should I start Ladd McConkey or Darius Cooper in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darius Cooper, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Darius Cooper is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 46 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.

Through Week 8, Darius Cooper has been on the field for 59 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 78 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 46 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he caught 2 of 6 targets for 19 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 Darius Cooper played 13 games and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 19 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Darius Cooper 1.4, 9.9 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey had 95 more targets than Darius Cooper, 106 to 11.

Ladd McConkey had 697 more receiving yards than Darius Cooper, 789 to 92.

This season Darius Cooper holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 46 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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