Should I start Calvin Ridley or Ted Hurst III in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 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 Ted Hurst III is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Calvin Ridley's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 59 percent of TB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 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.

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 53 percent.

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable on the injury report.