Start Laquon Treadwell or Calvin Ridley? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Laquon Treadwell over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Laquon Treadwell at 4.4 points and Calvin Ridley at 2.0, a gap of 2.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 2.0 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 9 receiving yards, 0-1 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (7, 7 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Laquon Treadwell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Laquon Treadwell is 21 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (13, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Laquon Treadwell 2.5 points ahead of Calvin Ridley 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.

Laquon Treadwell and IND visit MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 27.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN.

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

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

Laquon Treadwell 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, Laquon Treadwell played 76 percent of IND snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 3 against HOU: 56 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 57 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 6 against TEN: 77 of 83 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 21 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, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Calvin Ridley over Bo Melton.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Cody White.