Jahan Dotson or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jahan Dotson at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 148th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahan Dotson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Jahan Dotson was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 3.8 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Both had 36 targets.

Calvin Ridley had 41 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 303 to 262.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 51 percent.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Jahan Dotson.

What would change the answer

2.3 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.