Start Calvin Ridley or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Calvin Ridley over Elic Ayomanor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Calvin Ridley at 3.8 points and Elic Ayomanor at 3.4, a gap of 0.4. 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. Market coverage on Calvin Ridley is 60 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

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).

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elic Ayomanor is 13 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Calvin Ridley 0.4 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Elic Ayomanor 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.

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor played 60 percent of TEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 28 of 46 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 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 7 calls

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