Ladd McConkey or KaVontae Turpin: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th 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 KaVontae Turpin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

KaVontae Turpin's market-based projection is 1.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 155th highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based 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 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 5, KaVontae Turpin has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 22 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 KaVontae Turpin played 15 games and scored 84.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR77.

He caught 26 of 38 targets for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and KaVontae Turpin 5.6, 5.7 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and KaVontae Turpin WR77.

Ladd McConkey had 68 more targets than KaVontae Turpin, 106 to 38.

Ladd McConkey had 393 more receiving yards than KaVontae Turpin, 789 to 396.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 18 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for KaVontae Turpin.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Ladd McConkey is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.