Should I trade Denzel Boston for Ladd McConkey?

It is close to even: Denzel Boston is 15 and Ladd McConkey is 8 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Denzel Boston or Ladd McConkey?

Denzel Boston, 15 to 8. He rates 10.5 market points a game over 11 games left, against 9.8 over 11 for Ladd McConkey, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Denzel Boston for Ladd McConkey? Close to even, 15 to 8.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Denzel Boston is 15 and Ladd McConkey is 8, a 7 point edge to Boston that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Boston rates 10.5 market points a game with 11 games left, McConkey 9.8 with 11. On usage, Boston has drawn 19 percent of CLE targets; McConkey has drawn 15 percent of LAC targets. Boston hosts BAL in Week 6 (7th most points allowed to WRs); McConkey is at KC in Week 6 (fewest points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Close to even.

Denzel Boston 158 Ladd McConkey

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Denzel Boston

WR27CLE

value, #66

Pts/game: 10.5
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Denzel Boston weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
10.5	8.1	10.5

Ladd McConkey

WR31LAC

value, #75

Pts/game: 9.8
Games left: 11
Bye: 7

Ladd McConkey weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
12.2	9.8	2.1

Where the values come from

Boston is the 27th receiver on the chart and 66th overall. His 10.5 a game is 1.4 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 15.

McConkey is the 31st receiver on the chart and 75th overall. His 9.8 a game is 0.7 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 7, which is how he comes to 8.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Denzel Boston at 10.5 in Week 3, 8.1 in Week 4 and 10.5 in Week 5, a median of 10.5 points a game, flat across them.

The market priced Ladd McConkey at 12.2 in Week 3, 9.8 in Week 4 and 2.1 in Week 5, a median of 9.8 points a game, down 10.1 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Denzel Boston has scored 69.0 PPR points in 5 games, 13.8 a game, 3.3 a game more than the 10.5 the market prices him at from here.

Week 1 vs JAX: 13.9 points (WR24 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards, 1 touchdown, 92 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs TB: 20.5 points (WR12 that week), 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards, 1 touchdown, 93 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs CAR: 8.1 points (WR52 that week), 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards, 89 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PIT: 12.9 points (WR30 that week), 4 of 7 targets for 89 yards, 95 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs NYJ: 13.6 points (WR20 that week), 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ladd McConkey has scored 36.3 PPR points in 3 games, 12.1 a game, 2.3 a game more than the 9.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR30 with 180.9 PPR points in 16 games, 11.3 a game.

Week 1 vs ARI: 19.2 points (WR12 that week), 5 of 7 targets for 82 yards, 1 touchdown, 49 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs LV: 6.5 points (WR59 that week), 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards, 46 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs BUF: 10.6 points (WR42 that week), 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards, 88 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston has averaged 5.5 targets and 3.3 catches for 71 yards a game on 92 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 3 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 2 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against PIT he had 7 targets on 95 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey has averaged 4.3 targets and 3.0 catches for 46 yards a game on 54 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 6 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against SEA he had 2 targets on 34 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Denzel Boston has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Ladd McConkey has 11 games with his bye in Week 7.

BAL, Boston's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 37.9 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 7th most to WRs of 32.

KC, McConkey's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 21.0 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the fewest to WRs of 32.

The full Week 5 trade value chart

Common questions

Should I trade Denzel Boston for Ladd McConkey?
It is close to even: Denzel Boston is 15 and Ladd McConkey is 8 on rest-of-season value, inside the 8 points the values cannot separate. Take the one who starts for you.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Denzel Boston or Ladd McConkey?
Denzel Boston, 15 to 8. He rates 10.5 market points a game over 11 games left, against 9.8 over 11 for Ladd McConkey, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number