Should I start Calvin Ridley or Kevin Coleman Jr. in Week 7?
Updated Oct 22, 4:06 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 7 verdict
Start Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley
- Market projects
- 3.9
- recent weeks avg
- NYJ D vs WR
- 30.2
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Market projects
- 3.9
- fantasy pts
- CLE D vs WR
- 33.5
- 12th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 53%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 6
Start Kevin Coleman Jr.: 60 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Calvin Ridley's 54 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Kevin Coleman Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Calvin Ridley projects 25 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.5 a game over 10 games) and Kevin Coleman Jr. 26 (2.4 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR53 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 3.4 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 167
WR83 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 211
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The gap
- Board size316 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kevin Coleman Jr., and the board ranks him 211th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market has Kevin Coleman Jr. at 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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 6, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.
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.
In Week 6 against IND he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 5, Kevin Coleman Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.
His 17 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.
In Week 3 against KC he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against MIN he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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.
Kevin Coleman Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 51 percent.
This season Kevin Coleman Jr. holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 6 percent.
Byes and availability
Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and Kevin Coleman Jr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Kevin Coleman Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Calvin Ridley projects 25 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.5 a game over 10 games) and Kevin Coleman Jr. 26 (2.4 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.
Should I drop Kevin Coleman Jr. for Calvin Ridley?
Not on these numbers alone. Kevin Coleman Jr. projects 26 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.4 a game over 11 games) and Calvin Ridley 25 (2.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.
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