Start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Ladd McConkey? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 10.8 points and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.9, a gap of 0.9. 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 10.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (10.3 and 11.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Ladd McConkey at ADP 42 and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 118.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Ladd McConkey yet. His market-based projections were 10.3 and 11.4 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 10.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Ladd McConkey is 0.2 touchdowns (10 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Deebo Samuel Sr. is 39 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (7, 5 and 8 market sources).

That puts Ladd McConkey 0.9 points ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Ladd McConkey and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 34.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 173 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

Deebo Samuel Sr. and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 35.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 164 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Deebo Samuel Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Ladd McConkey played 53 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: 55 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 86 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, Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games for WAS and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 2 carries for 1 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 4.1 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 36 of 44 snaps, 2 carries for 25 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 68 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Deebo Samuel Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 44 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 35 yards, 6.5 PPR points.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Ladd McConkey over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Denzel Boston.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Carnell Tate over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over DeMario Douglas.