Should I start Dontayvion Wicks or Ladd McConkey in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.8 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.

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.8 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.

Dontayvion Wicks's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 46 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 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 5.9 a game between them.

Dontayvion Wicks finished WR83 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 60 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 106 to 46.

Ladd McConkey had 457 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 789 to 332.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 46 percent.

This season Dontayvion Wicks holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Dontayvion Wicks is off in Week 10 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.