Foster Moreau or Ladd McConkey: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Foster Moreau: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The market has Foster Moreau at 2.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

Foster Moreau's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Foster Moreau has been on the field for 41 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 2 of 4 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Foster Moreau played 11 games and scored 12.9 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing TE86.

He caught 7 of 10 targets for 59 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 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 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Foster Moreau 1.2, 10.1 a game between them.

Foster Moreau finished TE86 and Ladd McConkey WR30, which are two different ladders.

Foster Moreau is a tight end and Ladd McConkey a wide receiver, 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 Foster Moreau.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.