Justin Jefferson or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 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.

Justin Jefferson was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 5.1 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Justin Jefferson had 105 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 141 to 36.

Justin Jefferson had 745 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 1048 to 303.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 51 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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