Should I start Calvin Ridley or Jalen Nailor in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Calvin Ridley's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 56 percent of LV snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 42 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 9 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 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 0.8 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Jalen Nailor had 17 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 53 to 36.

Jalen Nailor had 141 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 444 to 303.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 53 percent.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.