Should I start Chimere Dike or Calvin Ridley in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chimere Dike is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chimere Dike's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 11 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 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 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

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

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 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.

Chimere Dike was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chimere Dike scored 7.4 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 0.7 a game between them.

Chimere Dike finished WR50 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Chimere Dike had 38 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 74 to 36.

Chimere Dike had 120 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 423 to 303.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 11 percent.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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