Start DeVonta Smith or Calvin Ridley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start DeVonta Smith over Calvin Ridley in Week 5.

Calvin Ridley is projected from market data at 1.8 points and DeVonta Smith has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Calvin Ridley at 8.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receptions, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 14 market sources).

No player market was posted for DeVonta Smith in Week 5.

Week 5 matchups

DeVonta Smith and PHI visit JAX on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

JAX allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 211 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against JAX.

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Calvin Ridley played 51 percent of TEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Calvin Ridley, Week 1 against NYJ: 32 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Through Week 3, DeVonta Smith played 93 percent of PHI snaps, drew 33 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

DeVonta Smith, Week 1 against WAS: 52 of 55 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

DeVonta Smith, Week 2 against TEN: 67 of 76 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 117 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeVonta Smith, Week 3 against CHI: 50 of 50 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 65 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.

In 2025, DeVonta Smith played 17 games for PHI and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 715 air yards.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Chris Olave over DeVonta Smith.
• Start DeVonta Smith over DJ Moore.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Jaylen Waddle.