Start Emeka Egbuka or Ladd McConkey? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over Ladd McConkey in Week 1.

Emeka Egbuka is priced by the books at 5.8 projected points. Ladd McConkey has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Emeka Egbuka at ADP 36 and Ladd McConkey at 40. Market coverage on Emeka Egbuka is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 5.9 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Ladd McConkey in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Emeka Egbuka and TB visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 25.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and no touchdowns against CIN.

Ladd McConkey and LAC host ARI.

ARI allowed 27.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 119 yards and a touchdown against ARI.

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

Injury status

Emeka Egbuka was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Ladd McConkey was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

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

Emeka Egbuka, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 39 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1.8 PPR points.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 39 of 67 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 36 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 40 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

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.

Ladd McConkey, Week 17 of 2025 against HOU: 56 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 31 yards, 4.1 PPR points.

Ladd McConkey, Week 16 of 2025 against DAL: 48 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.3 PPR points.

Ladd McConkey, Week 15 of 2025 against KC: 49 of 66 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 4.0 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Emeka Egbuka scored 11.3 PPR points and Ladd McConkey scored 19.2.

The call was wrong: Ladd McConkey outscored Emeka Egbuka by 7.9.

Emeka Egbuka finished 5.5 points above the 5.9 the props implied.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 1 against CIN: 49 of 57 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 63 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Emeka Egbuka finished as the week's WR29 in PPR scoring.

Ladd McConkey, Week 1 against ARI: 27 of 55 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 82 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.2 PPR points.

Ladd McConkey finished as the week's WR12 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Emeka Egbuka over Davante Adams.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over DeVonta Smith.
• Start Garrett Wilson over Emeka Egbuka.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Davante Adams.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Jameson Williams.
• Start Jaylen Waddle over Ladd McConkey.