Should I start Michael Pittman Jr. or Ladd McConkey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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 Ladd McConkey is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Pittman Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.

He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 0.6 a game between them.

Michael Pittman Jr. finished WR18 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 5 more targets than Ladd McConkey, 111 to 106.

Ladd McConkey had 5 more receiving yards than Michael Pittman Jr., 789 to 784.

This season Michael Pittman Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 53 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Pittman Jr. is off in Week 9 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.