Should I trade Drake Maye for Ladd McConkey?

It is close to even: Drake Maye is 14 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, Drake Maye or Ladd McConkey?

Drake Maye, 14 to 8. He rates 17.8 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 Drake Maye for Ladd McConkey? Close to even, 14 to 8.

Close to even. On rest-of-season value Drake Maye is 14 and Ladd McConkey is 8, a 6 point edge to Maye that sits inside the 8 points these values cannot separate. Take the one your lineup is short of. Maye rates 17.8 market points a game with 11 games left, McConkey 9.8 with 11. On usage, Maye has thrown 29.3 passes and run 4.8 times a game; McConkey has drawn 15 percent of LAC targets. Maye hosts NYJ in Week 6 (5th fewest points allowed to QBs); 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.

Drake Maye 148 Ladd McConkey

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Drake Maye

QB6NE

value, #68

Pts/game: 17.8
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Drake Maye weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
17.7	17.8	18.5

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

Maye is the 6th quarterback on the chart and 68th overall. His 17.8 a game is 1.3 above the replacement quarterback's 16.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 14.

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 Drake Maye at 17.7 in Week 3, 17.8 in Week 4 and 18.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.8 points a game, up 0.9 from his first frozen week to his latest.

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

Drake Maye has scored 94.2 PPR points in 5 games, 18.8 a game, 1.0 a game more than the 17.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished QB2 with 360.0 PPR points in 17 games, 21.2 a game.

Week 1 vs SEA: 12.8 points (QB23 that week), 178 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 47 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs PIT: 9.0 points (QB25 that week), 208 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 17 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs JAX: 5.8 points (QB32 that week), 199 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 18 rushing yards, 81 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs BUF: 27.2 points (QB1 that week), 269 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes, 54 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs LV: 39.5 points (QB1 that week), 374 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, 25 rushing yards.

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, Drake Maye has averaged 29.3 attempts, 214 passing yards and 1.0 touchdown passes a game, with 4.8 runs for 35 yards on 95 percent of the snaps.

In Week 4 against BUF he went 22 of 37 for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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. Drake Maye has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 11; Ladd McConkey has 11 games with his bye in Week 7.

NYJ, Maye's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 13.7 PPR points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 5th fewest to QBs 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 Drake Maye for Ladd McConkey?
It is close to even: Drake Maye is 14 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, Drake Maye or Ladd McConkey?
Drake Maye, 14 to 8. He rates 17.8 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