Too close to call: KC Concepcion Jr. (10.6) and Ladd McConkey (10.6) project within 0.0 PPR points of each other in Week 8, and KC Concepcion Jr. faces the 14th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| KC Concepcion Jr. WR · CLE | Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 11.4 | 11.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 11.3 (WR27) | 10.5 (WR33) |
| Opponent | vs PIT | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 14th-toughest (30.2 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 19% target share (last 3) | 8% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR3 | FLEX · Flex |
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It is a coin flip. KC Concepcion Jr. projects for 10.6 PPR points and Ladd McConkey for 10.6, within 0.0 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 10.6 PPR points for KC Concepcion Jr. and 10.6 for Ladd McConkey.
The sources range from 10.1 to 11.4 for Concepcion Jr. and from 10.4 to 11.0 for McConkey. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Ladd McConkey is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has McConkey at 10.4 PPR points, against 10.1 for KC Concepcion Jr..
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
KC Concepcion Jr. has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Concepcion Jr. at 11.4 PPR points, against 11.0 for Ladd McConkey.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
KC Concepcion Jr. plays PIT and Ladd McConkey plays LAR in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Concepcion Jr. faces the 14th-toughest defense against WRs and McConkey faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs, so KC Concepcion Jr. has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games KC Concepcion Jr. has drawn 19% of his team's targets, and Ladd McConkey 8% of his team's targets.
KC Concepcion Jr. has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is KC Concepcion Jr..
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither KC Concepcion Jr. nor Ladd McConkey has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). KC Concepcion Jr. is projected by 5 of them and Ladd McConkey by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.