Calvin Ridley or Keaton Mitchell: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 177.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

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.

The books have Keaton Mitchell at 2.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 28 percent of LAC snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he carried 4 times for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 5 times for 24 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 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 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keaton Mitchell was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 2.5 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 and Keaton Mitchell RB67, which are two different ladders.

Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver and Keaton Mitchell a running back, 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 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Keaton Mitchell is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.