Should I start Calvin Ridley or Josh Downs in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 160th 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 Josh Downs is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. 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, Josh Downs has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DAL he caught 3 of 6 targets for 24 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 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and Josh Downs WR44.

Josh Downs had 52 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 88 to 36.

Josh Downs had 263 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 566 to 303.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 53 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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