Devontez Walker or Ladd McConkey: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devontez Walker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price Devontez Walker at 2.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 190th highest figure of the 211 players the market prices.

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.

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, Devontez Walker has been on the field for 42 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 29.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 1 of 2 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Devontez Walker played 12 games and scored 37.6 PPR points, 3.1 a game, finishing WR124.

He caught 6 of 8 targets for 136 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.7 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 22.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 20 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 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Devontez Walker 3.1, 8.2 a game between them.

Devontez Walker finished WR124 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 98 more targets than Devontez Walker, 106 to 8.

Ladd McConkey had 653 more receiving yards than Devontez Walker, 789 to 136.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 42 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Devontez Walker.

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.