Tez Johnson or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tez Johnson at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 164th highest figure of the 185 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 174th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tez Johnson: 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 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Tez Johnson has been on the field for 33 percent of TB snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 25.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 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 Tez Johnson played 16 games and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 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.

Tez Johnson was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Calvin Ridley scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Tez Johnson 5.8, 1.0 a game between them.

Tez Johnson finished WR67 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Tez Johnson had 8 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 44 to 36.

Tez Johnson had 19 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 322 to 303.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 33 percent.

This season Tez Johnson holds the bigger target share, 7 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Tez Johnson.

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.