Start Ladd McConkey or Jakobi Meyers? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Jakobi Meyers in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 9.7 points and Jakobi Meyers at 9.4, a gap of 0.3. 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 9.7 fantasy points for Ladd McConkey, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Ladd McConkey at 40.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (11, 9 and 15 market sources).

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

The market has Jakobi Meyers at 41.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Ladd McConkey 0.3 points ahead of Jakobi Meyers 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.

Jakobi Meyers 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, Jakobi Meyers played 79 percent of JAX snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 17 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 1 against CLE: 37 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 2 against DEN: 53 of 59 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 28 yards.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 64 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jakobi Meyers, Week 4 against CIN: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 33 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, Jakobi Meyers played 16 games for JAX and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 553 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 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 Jakobi Meyers over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jakobi Meyers.
• Start Christian Watson over Jakobi Meyers.