Jayden Daniels or Ladd McConkey: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 63.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jayden Daniels, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 74th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

Through Week 2, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 47 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 5.4 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Ladd McConkey WR30, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback 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

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

Jayden Daniels is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jayden Daniels has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.