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Ladd McConkey
WR · LAC · 24
Plus
- Keep #38 — Chargers slot/alpha hybrid with Herbert, a 58-yard setup clip that is the 2025 offense in one play.
- Youth and efficiency: the profile that quietly becomes a WR1 while people argue about flashier names.
- Shows up on four-plus Ball Keep lists — not a one-board meme.
- Age 24 — still on the right side of the dynasty curve.
Minus
- Not on Yates top 50 in our slice — redraft still treating him as a WR3/4 in some rooms.
- Chargers adding Hampton may steal designed touches McConkey used to see in gadget use.
- Expert spread is wide (PFN (Katz/Soppe) 29, Dynasty Nerds 39, RotoWire 43, KeepTradeCut SF 48…). You are betting with one camp, not a unanimous tape.
Ball Keep Take
Ladd McConkey is the receiver who wins on alignment and feel. Keep #38, three-board average 38.67. The 58-yard pickup we clipped from 2025 is not a trick play; it is McConkey getting open and Herbert trusting the timing. That pairing is why dynasty still has him inside the top 40 Superflex names.
He will never look like Chase. He does not have to. Slot receivers who run like McConkey and play with Herbert become PPR monsters in the right year. Our Keep rank is a 'we believe, we are not in love' rank.
If your league is still calling him a gadget, buy. If your league is calling him JSN, sell. The truth is a top-40 dynasty WR with a real quarterback, which is more than most WR3s on waivers will ever have.
Tape · 2025 season
What a Ladd! McConkey picks up 58-yards to setup Chargers' TD
Best available public clip of a 2025 NFL play. Not affiliated with the NFL, NCAA, or the posting channel.
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