Two players, one answer.
Brenton Strange vs Ladd McConkey
This week
Toss-up · 11 to 10.9 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Brenton Strange by 7% (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Ladd McConkey by 33% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Ladd McConkey is projected 0.1 points ahead of Brenton Strange. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 50% of the time. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · LAC
Ladd McConkey
11.0 projected
@ LAR · Sun 4:05 PM ETQuestionable
7.8 a game this season · last 3: 10.6, 0, 2.7
TE · JAX
Brenton Strange
10.9 projected
vs IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
10 a game this season · last 3: 16.5, 13.8, 9.4
- Ladd McConkey is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Ladd McConkey: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 1:10 PM ET
- Brenton Strange: Sleeper's projection, last changed Thu, Oct 29, 1:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Thu, Oct 29, 1:11 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Thu, Oct 29, 1:11 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | McConkey | Strange |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 11 | 10.9 |
| Half PPR | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| Standard | 7.4 | 6.7 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Ladd McConkey's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Brenton Strange is the start.
- A projection update of 0.1 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- Brenton Strange plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Ladd McConkey's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.