Calvin Ridley or Quentin Johnston: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 210th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 1.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 211th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has Quentin Johnston at 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quentin Johnston was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quentin Johnston scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 5.5 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Quentin Johnston had 49 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 85 to 36.

Quentin Johnston had 432 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 735 to 303.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 51 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quentin Johnston is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Quentin Johnston is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.