Start Calvin Ridley or Tory Horton? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Tory Horton over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Tory Horton at 2.6 points and Calvin Ridley at 1.5, 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 Tory Horton this week yet, so his 2.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 3.1); 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 Tory Horton yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Tory Horton is 0.1 touchdowns (5 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 Tory Horton 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 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

Tory Horton is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Tory Horton played 28 percent of SEA snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Tory Horton, Week 3 against WAS: 15 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 48 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 4 against LAC: 10 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tory Horton, Week 5 against SF: 11 of 63 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tory Horton, Week 6 against DEN: 39 of 85 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 13 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, Tory Horton played 8 games for SEA and scored 65.1 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing WR96.

He caught 13 of 22 targets for 161 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 128 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Tory Horton over Bo Melton.
• Start Germie Bernard over Tory Horton.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Tory Horton.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Bo Melton.
• Start Jacob Cowing over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Kyle Williams over Calvin Ridley.