Ladd McConkey vs Marquise Brown: The Full Breakdown
If you are choosing between Ladd McConkey and Marquise Brown for your lineup, you are not alone. Ladd McConkey finished the 2025 season at 9.2 PPG for the Los Angeles Chargers (16 games), and Marquise Brown averaged 7.1 for the Kansas City Chiefs (16 games).
That 2.1-point weekly advantage for Ladd McConkey is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Target volume is the story here. Ladd McConkey saw 106 targets in 2025, while Marquise Brown drew 74. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Ladd McConkey, even in weeks where Marquise Brown posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Ladd McConkey has his bye in Week 7, and Marquise Brown rests in Week 5. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
