Rashee Rice or Ladd McConkey: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 63.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 47 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 5 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 7.5 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 28 more targets than Rashee Rice, 106 to 78.

Ladd McConkey had 218 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 789 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 47 percent.

This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.