{"id":201246,"date":"2024-11-20T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=201246"},"modified":"2024-11-21T17:43:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T22:43:34","slug":"ladd-mcconkey-chargers-wide-receiver-dynasty-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/11\/20\/ladd-mcconkey-chargers-wide-receiver-dynasty-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladd McConkey, Chargers Wide Receiver Dynasty Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not bad for a small injury prone wide receiver from a run-first college. Ladd McConkey was a late-first to an early-second round pick in dynasty drafts this summer. How has his first season impacted his dynasty value, and what should managers expect moving forward? Let&#8217;s look into Ladd McConkey and his dynasty outlook.<\/p>\n<h2>Ladd McConkey, Chargers Wide Receiver Dynasty Outlook<\/h2>\n<h3>Current Performance<\/h3>\n<p>At the time of this article, McConkey is the WR18 in PPR and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/nfl\/stats\/wr.php?scoring=PPR\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WR33 in points per game<\/a>. He&#8217;s solidified himself as Justin Herbert&#8217;s favorite target, and for good reason. Ladd is quietly a top 20 wide receiver in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playerprofiler.com\/nfl\/ladd-mcconkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most efficiency metrics<\/a>, like yards per target, yards per team pass attempt, and everything you want to see from a fantasy receiver. As he continues to grow in the offense (only participating in about 80% of routes right now) he could blow up to end the season.<\/p>\n<h3>Ladd McConkey Dynasty Price<\/h3>\n<p>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/fantasycalc.com\/database\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantasycalc trade database<\/a>, McConkey is fairly affordable right now. He&#8217;s acquirable for pieces like a first round pick in 2025, Amari Cooper and a second, or Trey Benson and a second. At this point he&#8217;s in between Jayden Reed and Tyreek Hill as the WR20. At these prices, it&#8217;s hard to not label him a buy for every situation.<\/p>\n<h3>What to do With Ladd McConkey in Dynasty<\/h3>\n<p>Normally, these are split up by either rebuilding, teams in the middle, or competing teams. That makes sense. But for McConkey, he&#8217;s scoring at a high clip now while still boasting a young age and an ascending track as a rookie tied to Justin Herbert long term. Instead, let&#8217;s look at this from the perspective of risk averse managers and risk seeking managers to try and find a strategy that works for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow these guys on YouTube to find players like McConkey before your dynasty drafts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ladd McConkey Film Study - Dynasty Darling and 2024 NFL Draft Analysis #dynastyfantasyfootball\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/id2oOVoCYFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Risk Averse Managers<\/h4>\n<p>Risk averse managers don&#8217;t want to mess around. They&#8217;re here to acquire proven assets that will hold value for long periods of time. With that in mind, consider selling McConkey and a second for players like <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/tag\/kenneth-walker-iii\/\" target=\"_self\">Kenneth Walker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/tag\/d-k-metcalf\/\" target=\"_self\">D.K. Metcalf<\/a> or even Joe Burrow if you can swing it. The odds of that second round pick hitting are low, and McConkey can lose his main target role if the Chargers acquire a big name free agent or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">draft<\/a> a receiver high in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, risk averse managers should look to move off of aging veterans for a player like McConkey. Rather than rolling the dice on an age cliff, Tyreek Hill or Mike Evans can be moved for McConkey as players make a run for their playoffs.<\/p>\n<h4>Risk Seeking Managers<\/h4>\n<p>Ladd McConkey is a great buy for risk seeking managers. He&#8217;s an ascending player by most estimates, and the underlying metrics support it. But he might not be the best risk seeking buy. Instead, acquiring <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/tag\/rashee-rice\/\" target=\"_self\">Rashee Rice<\/a> plus something on top might be worth the wait. Then again, moving off of someone like Devonta Smith or Terry McLaurin (with something sprinkled on top) can take a dynasty roster to the next level. Personally, I&#8217;d buy McConkey for some of the more boring vets in the league or a late first if the deal can get done.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladd McConkey has an optimistic dynasty outlook moving forward. But has he already cemented himself as a top 20 dynasty receiver?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4345,"featured_media":197188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32631,18],"tags":[7642,9504,9751,32330],"class_list":["post-201246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dynasty","category-chargers","tag-chargers-featured","tag-dynasty-fantasy-football","tag-dynasty-trade-targets","tag-ladd-mcconkey"],"modified_by":"Mike Kashuba","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}