Should I start Ladd McConkey or Ty Johnson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ladd McConkey, and the board ranks him 180th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Ty Johnson is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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 8, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 53 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 6 targets for 86 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 23 percent of BUF snaps, taken 4 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 4 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against MIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 36 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 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 5.4 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 and Ty Johnson RB47, which are two different ladders.

Ladd McConkey is a wide receiver and Ty Johnson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

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 questionable on the injury report.