Should I start Ladd McConkey or Kayshon Boutte in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, 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 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 Kayshon Boutte 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.

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, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 52 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 51 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 13.3 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 125 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Kayshon Boutte played 14 games and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 16.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 2.4 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Ladd McConkey had 60 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 106 to 46.

Ladd McConkey had 238 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 789 to 551.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 52 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.