Should I drop Kevin Coleman Jr. for Calvin Ridley?

Not on these numbers alone. Kevin Coleman Jr. projects 26 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.4 a game over 11 games) and Calvin Ridley 25 (2.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.

Start Calvin Ridley or Kevin Coleman Jr.? Week 7

Updated Oct 22, 4:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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Oct 21, 4:13 PM ET: Calvin Ridley: Listed Questionable (Hip) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley

Start

Kevin Coleman Jr.

WR · MIA · at NYJ

Market projects: 3.9; recent weeks avg
NYJ D vs WR: 30.2; 12th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 27 of 100 at WR

Sit

Calvin Ridley

WR · TEN · vs CLE · Questionable

Market projects: 3.8; fantasy pts
CLE D vs WR: 33.5; 12th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 5 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 53%; Through Week 6
Target share: 6%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Kevin Coleman Jr.?

Not on these numbers alone. Calvin Ridley projects 25 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.5 a game over 10 games) and Kevin Coleman Jr. 26 (2.4 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kevin Coleman Jr. at 3.9 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.8, a gap of 0.1. 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. No player market is posted for Kevin Coleman Jr. this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.6 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kevin Coleman Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 3.6 and 4.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kevin Coleman Jr. is 0.1 touchdowns (10 market sources).

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).

That puts Kevin Coleman Jr. 0.1 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Kevin Coleman Jr. and MIA visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 30.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 135 yards and a touchdown a game against NYJ.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Calvin Ridley has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kevin Coleman Jr. is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

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.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Kevin Coleman Jr.?
Not on these numbers alone. Calvin Ridley projects 25 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.5 a game over 10 games) and Kevin Coleman Jr. 26 (2.4 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.
Should I drop Kevin Coleman Jr. for Calvin Ridley?
Not on these numbers alone. Kevin Coleman Jr. projects 26 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (2.4 a game over 11 games) and Calvin Ridley 25 (2.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Kevin Coleman Jr. over Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is listed questionable.