Jordan Mason or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 112.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 177.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jordan Mason, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 155th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

This season so far

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 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.

Jordan Mason was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 1.3 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 and Calvin Ridley WR116, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Mason is a running back and Calvin Ridley a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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