Calvin Ridley or Zay Flowers: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Zay Flowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 42.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The books have Zay Flowers at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 64 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

Through Week 1, Zay Flowers has been on the field for 29 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 15.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 5 of 6 targets for 150 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Zay Flowers played 17 games and scored 243.3 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR7.

He caught 86 of 118 targets for 1211 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 14.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Zay Flowers was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zay Flowers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 7.6 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and Zay Flowers WR7.

Zay Flowers had 82 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 118 to 36.

Zay Flowers had 908 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 1211 to 303.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 29 percent.

This season Zay Flowers holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and Zay Flowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zay Flowers is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Zay Flowers is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.