Start Calvin Ridley or Darnell Mooney? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.0 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.6, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Darnell Mooney this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (3.6, 4.4 and 4.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Darnell Mooney yet. His market-based projections were 3.6, 4.4 and 4.1 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Darnell Mooney a 13% chance to score a touchdown (13 market sources).

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 Darnell Mooney 0.4 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Darnell Mooney played 59 percent of NYG snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 2 against LAR: 42 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 48 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 3 against TEN: 28 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

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, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 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 Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• 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.