Start Calvin Ridley or Cody White? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 3.8 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.8, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Calvin Ridley's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (3.0, 5.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 3.0, 5.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Cody White is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 60 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Cody White 0.0 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cody White and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 27.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 104 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Calvin Ridley and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 155 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CLE.

By points allowed to the position, Calvin Ridley has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cody White played 33 percent of LV snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 3 against NO: 15 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley played 53 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Calvin Ridley, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 7 calls

• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Bo Melton.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Elic Ayomanor.