Start Ladd McConkey or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Ladd McConkey
- Market projects
- 9.8
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 9.8
- fantasy pts
- DEN D vs WR
- 28.3
- 9th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Ladd McConkey in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.8 points and Ladd McConkey at 9.8, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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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 9.8 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 8.5 rushing yards, 34.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (13, 17, 14 and 17 market sources).
That puts Ladd McConkey 0.0 points ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. 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.
Deebo Samuel Sr. 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.
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.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR34 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 81
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 14
Ranked behind
WR35 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 14
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board3
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 14
- Board size280 draftable players
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