Should I start DK Metcalf or Ladd McConkey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.7 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, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

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 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.

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 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.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

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, 95 percent against 53 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Ladd McConkey has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.