Start Jordyn Tyson or Ladd McConkey? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Jordyn Tyson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 10.8 points and Jordyn Tyson at 10.9, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Ladd McConkey still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 42 against 182, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.9 fantasy points for Jordyn Tyson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordyn Tyson is 43 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

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).

That puts Jordyn Tyson 0.1 points ahead of Ladd McConkey on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jordyn Tyson and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CAR.

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.

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

Injury status

Jordyn Tyson is not on the injury report.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Jordyn Tyson played 24 percent of NO snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordyn Tyson, Week 9 against CLE: 18 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Jordyn Tyson over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Jordyn Tyson over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jordyn Tyson.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Deebo Samuel Sr..