Ladd McConkey or Jalen Coker: 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 179th 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 Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 210th 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.

No season market is posted for Jalen Coker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 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 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 3.1 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

Ladd McConkey had 63 more targets than Jalen Coker, 106 to 43.

Ladd McConkey had 395 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 789 to 394.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 54 percent.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jalen Coker is listed as out on the injury report.