Ladd McConkey or Davis Allen: 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 214th 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 Davis Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 216th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ladd McConkey at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 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 Davis Allen at 2.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 191st highest figure of the 216 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, Davis Allen has been on the field for 42 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 Davis Allen played 17 games and scored 62.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE44.

He caught 24 of 33 targets for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 1.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Davis Allen was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Davis Allen 3.7, 7.6 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Davis Allen TE44, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Davis Allen 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 Davis Allen.

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.