Start Keenan Allen or Ladd McConkey? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Ladd McConkey over Keenan Allen in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Ladd McConkey at 10.8 points and Keenan Allen at 10.0, a gap of 0.8. 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 Keenan Allen this week yet, so his 10.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.1, 9.2 and 10.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Ladd McConkey at ADP 42 and Keenan Allen at 142.

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 Keenan Allen yet. His market-based projections were 10.1, 9.2 and 10.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Ladd McConkey 0.8 points ahead of Keenan Allen 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.

Keenan Allen and IND host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Injury status

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Keenan Allen 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, Keenan Allen played 59 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Keenan Allen, Week 6 against TEN: 59 of 83 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 7 against MIN: 30 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 8 against JAX: 32 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 67 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 9 against DAL: 36 of 64 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 26 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, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 546 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 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 Denzel Boston.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Keenan Allen over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Keenan Allen over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Keenan Allen over Denzel Boston.