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If Ladd McConkey is out, who gets his targets?
The Los Angeles Chargers room absorbs +0.69 receptions, and Quentin Johnston takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Now | If out | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladd McConkey WR · 48% snaps | 4.00 | — | OUT |
| Quentin Johnston WR · 80% snaps | 3.10 | 3.33 | +0.23 |
| Tre Harris WR · 78% snaps | 2.70 | 2.93 | +0.23 |
| David Njoku TE · 36% snaps | 2.30 | 2.30 | +0.00 |
| Omarion Hampton RB · 60% snaps | 2.20 | 2.20 | +0.00 |
| Oronde Gadsden II TE · 31% snaps | 2.00 | 2.00 | +0.00 |
| Charlie Kolar TE · 58% snaps | 1.20 | 1.20 | +0.00 |
| Keaton Mitchell RB · 28% snaps | 0.80 | 0.80 | +0.00 |
| Brenen Thompson WR · 18% snaps | 0.70 | 0.93 | +0.23 |
| Kimani Vidal RB · 8% snaps | 0.50 | 0.50 | +0.00 |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Ladd McConkey’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection