Start Ladd McConkey or Travis Kelce? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Travis Kelce over Ladd McConkey in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Travis Kelce at 13.2 points and Ladd McConkey at 13.3, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 13.3 fantasy points for Ladd McConkey, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Ladd McConkey at 58.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 17 books).

Player prop markets imply 13.2 fantasy points for Travis Kelce, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Travis Kelce at 51.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 17 books).

That puts Ladd McConkey 0.2 points ahead of Travis Kelce on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Ladd McConkey and LAC visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 42.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 2 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 197 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Injury status

Ladd McConkey is not on the injury report.

Travis Kelce is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Ladd McConkey played 47 percent of LAC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 14 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.

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.

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

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Ladd McConkey over Christian Watson.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Ladd McConkey.
• Start Dalton Kincaid over Travis Kelce.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Travis Kelce.
• Start Travis Kelce over DK Metcalf.