Aaron Rodgers or Calvin Ridley: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Rodgers at 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 66th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 119.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 100 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 42 times and thrown 10.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 5 of 42 dropbacks.

In Week 1 against ATL he completed 24 of 40 passes for 221 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 1, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 64 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Rodgers was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 7.9 a game between them.

Aaron Rodgers finished QB18 and Calvin Ridley WR116, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Rodgers is a quarterback and Calvin Ridley a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 9, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

7.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.