Start Brian Thomas Jr. or Calvin Ridley? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley
- Market projects
- 4.3
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 3.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Brian Thomas Jr. at 4.3 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.8, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 4.3 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 17.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Calvin Ridley at 15.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (4, 5 and 6 market sources).
That puts Brian Thomas Jr. 0.5 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on the market projections.
Injury status
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Calvin Ridley played 52 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Calvin Ridley, Week 2 against PHI: 33 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.
Calvin Ridley, Week 3 against NYG: 20 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
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 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR35 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
Ranked behind
WR37 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs anytime td line 0-5
- Overall rank
- 91
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board7
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 16
- Board size183 draftable players
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