Should I start Ladd McConkey or Kyle Williams in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 180th 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 Williams, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

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, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 40 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 20.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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 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, 53 percent against 40 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 6 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.