Seth McGowan or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM ET
Seth McGowan is the start on the latest market price, 2.4 points to Calvin Ridley's 1.9, the market figures from their Week 5 games. The next week's markets are not all posted yet, and this answer reorders when they are. What follows is how each has been used this season.
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RB60 · IND · bye unlisted
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- Market price
- 2.4 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 225
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
WR94 · TEN · bye 9
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- Market price
- 1.9 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 226
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 21
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size289 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Seth McGowan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 225th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Seth McGowan, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Calvin Ridley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Seth McGowan has been on the field for 16 percent of IND snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 3 targets have averaged 1.0 air yards.
In Week 2 against KC he carried 2 times for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against HOU he carried 4 times for 14 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against WAS he carried 6 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 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
Seth McGowan 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.
Side by side
Seth McGowan is a running back and Calvin Ridley a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Seth McGowan.
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