Should I start DJ Moore or Ladd McConkey in Week 9?

The market-based projections

DJ Moore's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Ladd McConkey's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 53 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

DJ Moore was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 1.3 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 21 more targets than DJ Moore, 106 to 85.

Ladd McConkey had 107 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 789 to 682.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 53 percent.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.