Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Calvin Ridley? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 9:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley
- Market projects
- 3.9
- recent weeks avg
- TEN D vs WR
- 40.7
- most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 43%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 9
- 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
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Brian Thomas Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brian Thomas Jr. projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.4 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 3.9 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (3.7 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Calvin Ridley this week yet, so his 3.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (2.0 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brian Thomas Jr. at ADP 72 and Calvin Ridley at 168.
What the market projects
No Week 10 player market is posted for Brian Thomas Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 4.0 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
No Week 10 player market is posted for Calvin Ridley yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
That puts Brian Thomas Jr. 0.6 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Brian Thomas Jr. and JAX visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
TEN allowed 40.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 195 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against TEN.
Calvin Ridley and TEN host JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
JAX allowed 33.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th most in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.
By points allowed to the position, Brian Thomas Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Brian Thomas Jr. played 43 percent of JAX snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 9 against BAL: 19 of 56 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Through Week 8, Calvin Ridley played 53 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
Calvin Ridley, Week 4 against BAL: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 5 against HOU: 35 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 8 against CIN: 40 of 77 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games for JAX and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.
He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 548 air yards.
He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Brian Thomas Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 5 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards, 7.9 PPR points.
In 2025, Calvin Ridley played 7 games for TEN 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 and 219 air yards.
He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Brian Thomas Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brian Thomas Jr. projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.4 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
Should I drop Brian Thomas Jr. for Calvin Ridley?
No. Keep Brian Thomas Jr.: he projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.4 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
Should I drop Brian Thomas Jr.?
Week 10 on the board
- Is Brian Thomas Jr. playing Week 10?
- Is Calvin Ridley playing Week 10?
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