Should I start KC Concepcion Jr. or Malik Davis in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 6:01 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start KC Concepcion Jr.: he has been on the field this season, 79 percent of the snaps, and Malik Davis has no snap on record yet. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR · CLE · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 270
RB · DAL · bye 14
2025 vs anytime td line 2-8
- Overall rank
- 271
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Their Week 9 outlook
The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on KC Concepcion Jr., and the board ranks him 270th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Davis, and the board ranks him 271st overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for KC Concepcion Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Malik Davis, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, KC Concepcion Jr. has been on the field for 79 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he carried 3 times for 23 yards, caught 8 of 10 targets for 129 yards and did not score.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Malik Davis this season.
Their 2025 seasons
KC Concepcion Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
In 2025 Malik Davis played 10 games and scored 40.6 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing RB73.
He carried 52 times for 250 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 more yards.
That came to 5.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 23 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
KC Concepcion Jr. is a wide receiver and Malik Davis a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
KC Concepcion Jr. is off in Week 11 and Malik Davis in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Malik Davis is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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