Makai Lemon or Calvin Ridley: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 159th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 140.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 64 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for -5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 64 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

Their snap share this season is the same, 64 percent each.

This season Makai Lemon holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.