Ladd McConkey or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 3?

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.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 77th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 84.

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, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 4 of 10 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 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 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 1.2 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and DK Metcalf WR26.

Ladd McConkey had 7 more targets than DK Metcalf, 106 to 99.

DK Metcalf had 61 more receiving yards than Ladd McConkey, 850 to 789.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 47 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and DK Metcalf in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.