Start Kyle Williams or Calvin Ridley? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Williams at 3.0 points and Calvin Ridley at 1.5, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Kyle Williams this week yet, so his 3.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.4 and 3.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Calvin Ridley this week yet, so his 1.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.2 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Kyle Williams yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 3.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Kyle Williams is 0.1 touchdowns (13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Calvin Ridley yet. His market-based projections were 1.2 and 1.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 1.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Kyle Williams 1.5 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Calvin Ridley and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Injury status

Kyle Williams is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams played 27 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 3 against JAX: 22 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 34 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 4 against BUF: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley played 52 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: 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 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 7 calls

• Start Kyle Williams over Bo Melton.
• Start Cody White over Kyle Williams.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Kyle Williams.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Bo Melton.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Marvin Mims Jr. over Calvin Ridley.