Ladd McConkey or Jordan Whittington: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jordan Whittington at 2.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 201st highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Whittington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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 4, Jordan Whittington has been on the field for 38 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 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 Jordan Whittington played 17 games and scored 36.3 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR125.

He caught 18 of 25 targets for 171 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.5 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Whittington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Whittington 2.1, 9.2 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Jordan Whittington WR125.

Ladd McConkey had 81 more targets than Jordan Whittington, 106 to 25.

Ladd McConkey had 618 more receiving yards than Jordan Whittington, 789 to 171.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 38 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jordan Whittington.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

7.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.