Should I start Ladd McConkey or Quinshon Judkins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Quinshon Judkins is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 6, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 they scored the same 11.3 PPR points a game.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Quinshon Judkins a running back, 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 Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as out on the injury report.