Ladd McConkey or Kyle Williams: who to draft first

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 64.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Ladd McConkey at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Kyle Williams at 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ladd McConkey's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 49 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 7 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 5 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 17 percent of NE snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against SEA he was not given the ball.

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 Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 8.4 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Ladd McConkey had 85 more targets than Kyle Williams, 106 to 21.

Ladd McConkey had 580 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 789 to 209.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 17 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.