Calvin Ridley or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 145 players the market prices.

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

A.J. Brown's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 7.9 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

A.J. Brown had 85 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 121 to 36.

A.J. Brown had 700 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 1003 to 303.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 44 percent.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

A.J. Brown is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.