Marvin Mims or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Marvin Mims at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 164th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Mims: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 21 third down targets and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

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

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 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 Marvin Mims played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.

He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 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.

Marvin Mims was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Marvin Mims 6.2, 0.6 a game between them.

Marvin Mims finished WR66 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Marvin Mims had 15 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 51 to 36.

Marvin Mims had 19 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 322 to 303.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 23 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 5 percent each.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Marvin Mims.

What would change the answer

1.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.