Start Denzel Boston or Ladd McConkey? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Denzel Boston in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 10.8 points and Denzel Boston at 9.7, a gap of 1.2. 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. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.5, 9.8 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Ladd McConkey at ADP 42 and Denzel Boston at 143.

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 10.5, 9.8 and 8.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Ladd McConkey 1.2 points ahead of Denzel Boston 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.

Denzel Boston and CLE host HOU on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

HOU allowed 37.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 4th most in the league.

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

By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

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.

Through Week 9, Denzel Boston played 91 percent of CLE snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 44 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 6 against BAL: 58 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 7 against TEN: 61 of 70 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 8 against PIT: 58 of 70 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 37 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 9 against NO: 68 of 73 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 98 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 10 calls

• Start Ladd McConkey over Carnell Tate.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Ladd McConkey over DJ Moore.
• Start Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Denzel Boston over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.