Should I start Tank Dell or Calvin Ridley in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 12:21 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Calvin Ridley over Tank Dell
- Market projects
- 3.3
- recent weeks avg
- JAX D vs WR
- 33.2
- 14th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 53%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 2.9
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs WR
- 29.3
- 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 36%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 9
Start Calvin Ridley: 55 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Tank Dell's 36 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Tank Dell?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tank Dell projects 23 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (2.9 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Calvin Ridley over Tank Dell. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR60 · HOU · bye 8
- Market-based projection
- 3.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 146
WR75 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 0-7
- Overall rank
- 183
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The gap
- Board size307 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Tank Dell, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Tank Dell is 1.5 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.
The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 1.0 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.
Tank Dell's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 9, Tank Dell has been on the field for 36 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.
In Week 7 against NYG he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 43 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 9 targets for 105 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 8, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.
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.
In Week 8 against CIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Tank Dell in the last completed season.
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
This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 53 percent against 36 percent.
This season Tank Dell holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 6 percent.
Byes and availability
Tank Dell is off in Week 8 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Tank Dell?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tank Dell projects 23 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (2.9 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Calvin Ridley over Tank Dell. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
Should I drop Tank Dell for Calvin Ridley?
No. Keep Tank Dell: he projects 23 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (2.9 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Calvin Ridley over Tank Dell.
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