Calvin Ridley or Jameis Winston: 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 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 145 players the market prices.

The market has Jameis Winston at 15.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 148 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

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 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Calvin Ridley was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 8.3 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.

Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver and Jameis Winston a quarterback, 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 Jameis Winston.

What would change the answer

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