Start Chris Godwin Jr. or Ladd McConkey? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 9.6 points and Chris Godwin Jr. at 9.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Ladd McConkey this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (9.0 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (7.2, 10.9 and 10.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Ladd McConkey at ADP 42 and Chris Godwin Jr. at 82.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Ladd McConkey yet. His market-based projections were 9.0 and 10.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Chris Godwin Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 7.2, 10.9 and 10.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Ladd McConkey 0.1 points ahead of Chris Godwin Jr. on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Ladd McConkey and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 37.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 187 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU.

Chris Godwin Jr. and TB visit CHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CHI allowed 29.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Ladd McConkey has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ladd McConkey is not on the injury report.

Chris Godwin Jr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey played 46 percent of LAC snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Ladd McConkey, Week 3 against BUF: 61 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 66 yards.

Ladd McConkey, Week 4 against SEA: 24 of 71 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ladd McConkey, Week 6 against KC: 8 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Ladd McConkey, Week 8 against LAR: 6 targets and 4 catches for 86 yards.

Through Week 8, Chris Godwin Jr. played 73 percent of TB snaps, drew 43 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Godwin Jr., Week 7 against CAR: 46 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 27 yards.

Chris Godwin Jr., Week 8 against ATL: 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ladd McConkey played 16 games for LAC 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 and 479 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games for TB and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 154 air yards.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Godwin Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 47 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Ladd McConkey over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Darius Cooper.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Denzel Boston.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Denzel Boston.