Should I start Efton Chism or Calvin Ridley in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 7:16 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Efton Chism: 50 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Calvin Ridley's 45 percent of the snaps and 6 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR82 · NE · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 3.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 210
WR84 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 3.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 212
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism, and the board ranks him 210th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Efton Chism, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Calvin Ridley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Efton Chism has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 14 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against LV he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Efton Chism played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.
He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.
That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 14 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.
Efton Chism was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 4.7 a game between them.
Calvin Ridley had 33 more targets than Efton Chism, 36 to 3.
Calvin Ridley had 228 more receiving yards than Efton Chism, 303 to 75.
This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 43 percent.
This season Efton Chism holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 6 percent.
Byes and availability
Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Efton Chism.
Both players in full
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