Start Ladd McConkey or Courtland Sutton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Courtland Sutton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 9.8 points and Courtland Sutton at 9.4, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.8 fantasy points for Ladd McConkey, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Ladd McConkey at 41.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (10, 8 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 37.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Ladd McConkey 0.4 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

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

DEN allowed 28.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 134 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DEN.

Injury status

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable with a foot injury.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey played 54 percent of LAC snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Ladd McConkey, Week 1 against ARI: 27 of 55 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 82 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ladd McConkey, Week 2 against LV: 31 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 1 against KC: 39 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 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, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Ladd McConkey over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Carnell Tate over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Chris Olave over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Courtland Sutton.