Should I start Ladd McConkey or Jordan Watkins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ladd McConkey's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 53 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 6 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 56 percent of SF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 16.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 10.2 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey had 103 more targets than Jordan Watkins, 106 to 3.

Ladd McConkey had 763 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 789 to 26.

This season Jordan Watkins holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 53 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Jordan Watkins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.