Calvin Ridley or Drew Sample: 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 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Drew Sample at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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 123rd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Drew Sample, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Drew Sample has been on the field for 50 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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 Drew Sample played 17 games and scored 31.9 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing TE64.

He caught 15 of 20 targets for 106 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 7.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drew Sample was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Drew Sample 1.9, 4.9 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 and Drew Sample TE64, which are two different ladders.

Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver and Drew Sample 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 Drew Sample.

What would change the answer

Drew Sample has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.