Should I start Lamar Jackson or Ladd McConkey in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 12:16 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Lamar Jackson: 55 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ladd McConkey's 44 percent of the snaps and 9 percent of the targets. 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.
Should I drop Ladd McConkey for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Ladd McConkey 90 (10.0 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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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 Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 35.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Ladd McConkey's market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 223 players with a market-based projection.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Ladd McConkey was available for 3 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 5.8 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Ladd McConkey WR30, which are two different ladders.
Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Ladd McConkey a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Ladd McConkey for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Ladd McConkey 90 (10.0 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Ladd McConkey?
No. Keep Lamar Jackson: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Ladd McConkey 90 (10.0 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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