Ladd McConkey or Ryan Flournoy: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th 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 Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Ladd McConkey, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Ryan Flournoy, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

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, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 71 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 2 of 8 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and did not score.

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 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.5 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Ryan Flournoy 7.1, 4.2 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Ryan Flournoy WR57.

Ladd McConkey had 50 more targets than Ryan Flournoy, 106 to 56.

Ladd McConkey had 314 more receiving yards than Ryan Flournoy, 789 to 475.

This season Ryan Flournoy holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 54 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 15 percent each.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Ryan Flournoy.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.