Start Calvin Ridley or Joshua Palmer? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Joshua Palmer over Calvin Ridley in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Joshua Palmer at 3.9 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Joshua Palmer this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (5.5, 2.5 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Joshua Palmer yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 2.5 and 3.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Joshua Palmer a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12 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 14 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Joshua Palmer 0.3 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Injury status

Joshua Palmer is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Joshua Palmer played 40 percent of BUF snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Joshua Palmer, Week 1 against HOU: 18 of 58 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

Joshua Palmer, Week 2 against DET: 28 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Joshua Palmer, Week 3 against LAC: 21 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Joshua Palmer, Week 4 against NE: 35 of 59 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 3 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, Joshua Palmer played 12 games for BUF and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 249 air yards.

He was on the field for 46 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 Joshua Palmer.
• Start Cody White over Joshua Palmer.
• Start Joshua Palmer over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Calvin Ridley.