Calvin Ridley or Cole Kmet: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Calvin Ridley's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Cole Kmet's market-based projection is 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 128th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

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 5, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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

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

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 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 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cole Kmet was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 1.8 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 and Cole Kmet TE36, which are two different ladders.

Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver and Cole Kmet a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.