Should I start Isaiah Likely or Ladd McConkey in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Isaiah Likely's market-based projection is 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Ladd McConkey's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaiah Likely, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 63 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 13 targets for 94 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 6 of 11 targets for 99 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 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 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 6.9 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Ladd McConkey WR30, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely 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

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.