Should I start Ladd McConkey or Pat Freiermuth in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Ladd McConkey's market-based projection is 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 54 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 4.6 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Pat Freiermuth 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 Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.