Ladd McConkey or Jakobi Meyers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 229 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 229 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 64 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 0.3 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Jakobi Meyers had 4 more targets than Ladd McConkey, 110 to 106.

Jakobi Meyers had 46 more receiving yards than Ladd McConkey, 835 to 789.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 54 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 15 percent each.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.4 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.