DJ Moore or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DJ Moore: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 38.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has DJ Moore at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 2.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 173rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

DJ Moore's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 51 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

DJ Moore was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 3.3 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

DJ Moore had 49 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 85 to 36.

DJ Moore had 379 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 682 to 303.

Their snap share this season is the same, 51 percent each.

This season DJ Moore holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

DJ Moore is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.