Start Calvin Ridley or Darius Cooper? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Darius Cooper over Calvin Ridley in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Darius Cooper at 3.7 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Darius Cooper this week yet, so his 3.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (1.7, 3.8 and 5.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Darius Cooper yet. His market-based projections were 1.7, 3.8 and 5.6 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.7, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 15 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (9, 8 and 9 market sources).

That puts Darius Cooper 0.1 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Injury status

Darius Cooper is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Darius Cooper played 50 percent of PHI snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Darius Cooper, Week 2 against TEN: 31 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darius Cooper, Week 3 against CHI: 5 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darius Cooper, Week 4 against LAR: 55 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Darius Cooper, Week 5 against JAX: 53 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 71 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Darius Cooper played 13 games for PHI and scored 18.2 PPR points, 1.4 a game.

He caught 9 of 11 targets for 92 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 70 air yards.

He was on the field for 19 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 6 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Darius Cooper.
• Start Cody White over Darius Cooper.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Calvin Ridley.