Start Elic Ayomanor or Calvin Ridley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 4.1 points and Calvin Ridley at 2.3, a gap of 1.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.3 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, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (7 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Elic Ayomanor at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (10, 7 and 12 market sources).

That puts Elic Ayomanor 1.8 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on the market projections.

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

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 4, Elic Ayomanor played 63 percent of TEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 2 against PHI: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 69 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 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, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 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 DeVonta Smith over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Elic Ayomanor.