Jauan Jennings or Ladd McConkey: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jauan Jennings: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 181.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 64.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Jauan Jennings at 3.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Ladd McConkey at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 48 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five.

His 1 target have averaged 30.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 49 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 7 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 5 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Jauan Jennings finished WR33 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 16 more targets than Jauan Jennings, 106 to 90.

Ladd McConkey had 146 more receiving yards than Jauan Jennings, 789 to 643.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 48 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Jauan Jennings is off in Week 6 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jauan Jennings is listed as out on the injury report.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.