Start Calvin Ridley or Tim Patrick? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tim Patrick over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tim Patrick at 3.2 points and Calvin Ridley at 2.2, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tim Patrick this week yet, so his 3.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.4 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Calvin Ridley this week yet, so his 2.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (1.2, 1.9 and 3.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Calvin Ridley yet. His market-based projections were 1.2, 1.9 and 3.4 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 2.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Calvin Ridley is 0.1 touchdowns (3 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tim Patrick yet. His market-based projections were 2.4 and 4.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Tim Patrick 1.0 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 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.

Tim Patrick and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 110 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Tim Patrick 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, Tim Patrick played 82 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Tim Patrick, Week 5 against CLE: 65 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Tim Patrick, Week 6 against NE: 43 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 15 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, Tim Patrick played 16 games for JAX and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 133 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tim Patrick, Week 18 of 2025 against TEN: 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Calvin Ridley over Bo Melton.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Cody White over Tim Patrick.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Tim Patrick.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tim Patrick.