Ladd McConkey or Jeremiyah Love: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Jeremiyah Love at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 91st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jeremiyah Love: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 10; 2QB: ADP 47.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 42 percent of ARI snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAC he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against SEA he carried 9 times for 29 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 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.

Jeremiyah Love is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Jeremiyah Love a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Jeremiyah Love in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.