Start Van Jefferson or Calvin Ridley? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Van Jefferson over Calvin Ridley in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Van Jefferson at 4.1 points and Calvin Ridley at 3.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Calvin Ridley this week yet, so his 3.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (2.0 and 4.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Van Jefferson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Van Jefferson is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Calvin Ridley yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 4.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 3.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Van Jefferson 0.8 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Van Jefferson and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYG.

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

JAX allowed 33.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 175 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX.

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

Injury status

Van Jefferson is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Van Jefferson played 25 percent of WAS snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Van Jefferson, Week 5 against NYG: 3 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Van Jefferson, Week 8 against PHI: 7 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Van Jefferson, Week 9 against LAR: 36 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Calvin Ridley played 53 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Calvin Ridley, Week 8 against CIN: 40 of 77 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Van Jefferson played 16 games for TEN and scored 70.0 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR88.

He caught 29 of 52 targets for 350 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 267 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 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 10 calls

• Start Van Jefferson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Van Jefferson over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Van Jefferson over Jack Bech.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Calvin Ridley over Chimere Dike.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.