Ladd McConkey or Elijah Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 36.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elijah Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ladd McConkey at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The player markets price Elijah Higgins at 2.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 168th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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, 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.

Through Week 4, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 33 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 7.9 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Elijah Higgins TE48, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Elijah Higgins a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.

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.