Should I start Ladd McConkey or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Ladd McConkey's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Kyle Pitts Sr.'s market-based projection is 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

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 8, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr. was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Pitts Sr. scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 1.1 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Kyle Pitts Sr. TE2, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Kyle Pitts Sr. a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.