Should I start Emeka Egbuka or Ladd McConkey in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Emeka Egbuka's market-based projection is 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 34th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Ladd McConkey's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Emeka Egbuka finished WR23 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Emeka Egbuka had 21 more targets than Ladd McConkey, 127 to 106.

Emeka Egbuka had 149 more receiving yards than Ladd McConkey, 938 to 789.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 53 percent.

This season Emeka Egbuka holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.