Ladd McConkey

The Athletic’s Daniel Popper reports the “majority” of Ladd McConkey’s “snaps with the first-team offense came in the slot.”

Justin Herbert, per Popper, is “developing a connection” with McConkey, the second-round rookie wideout out of Georgia, where he ran 31 percent of his pass routes from the slot over three seasons. The smallish McConkey profiles as a traditional slot guy in the NFL, and should take on that role in the LA offense while Josh Palmer and Quentin Johnston operate on the outside. If McConkey is strictly a slot receiver in 2024, his snaps and routes could be somewhat limited in the run-first Chargers offense. Rotoworld’s Denny Carter recently wrote about McConkey’s target-earning profile at Georgia.