Should I start Theo Wease or Ladd McConkey in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 7:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Theo Wease: 56 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ladd McConkey's 45 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
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- Overall rank
- 222
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- Market-based projection
- 9.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 225
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Theo Wease, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 35.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Theo Wease, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Ladd McConkey, 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 through Week 6
Through Week 6, Theo Wease has been on the field for 56 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.
In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Theo Wease played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.
He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 32 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 13 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Theo Wease 8.6, 2.7 a game between them.
Theo Wease finished WR143 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.
Ladd McConkey had 96 more targets than Theo Wease, 106 to 10.
Ladd McConkey had 650 more receiving yards than Theo Wease, 789 to 139.
This season Theo Wease holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 46 percent.
This season Ladd McConkey holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 7 percent.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Ladd McConkey is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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