Should I start Kyle Williams or Calvin Ridley in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Kyle Williams's market-based projection is 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 0.7 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.

Calvin Ridley's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 27 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 52 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Kyle Williams was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 3.9 a game between them.

Kyle Williams finished WR112 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Calvin Ridley had 15 more targets than Kyle Williams, 36 to 21.

Calvin Ridley had 94 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 303 to 209.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 27 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 6 percent each.

Byes and availability

Kyle Williams is off in Week 11 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Calvin Ridley has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.