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WR Calvin Ridley, TEN (1 Viewer)

FarFromHome said:
This dudes schedule to finish season is gonna win people some leagues. TD king Westbrook can't keep his pace. Ridley time to start hitting end zone. Imo

Jags. Previous team
Bengals. Yes please
Colts. Average. In dome
Jags. Previous team
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I see that potential as well, but we all know how Ridley only has a few "spot" big games each season.....(he had 4 in 2023)
3 so far this year ... Week 2 vs NYJ, Week 8 Det and Week 10 vs LAC = half his season total and 100% of his TDs (3)
So vs Jax 2x could be 5x this year?
 
He's tough to project. Obviously need to see what happens with the QB situation.

Somehow still finished with 1,000 yards again despite an awful QB room. If they get Sanders, Ward, etc. can he bounce back to WR2 territory? He was there just last year.

On the flip side, he just turned 30. He has those mental lapses. It may be worth taking a swing on a less proven upside guy.
 
I've always liked Ridley for some reason. Great route runner. Good speed. Good hands. Just knows how to get open. Him and Cam have been saying the right things. This is also the time of year where people always say the right things, but it means absolutely nothing. Dont laugh, but I love that they have lockers next to each other. Forces them to pay attention to each other. Looking at fantasypros ppr rankings he is at wr36. That just great value. You go rb early and end up with Ridley as your wr3 your in a great spot. Imo
 
SHH1 said:
It took Calvin Ridley 17 games to go over 1,000 yards the last two seasons and he will be turning 31 years old this December. On paper, the rookie should pepper him with targets but no clue if that's a good thing as prior to the last two seasons he's never started 16+ games.

Unless I could get him as an extreme bargain as my WR3/WR4/FLEX I'd be out completely on him. I'm fully aware that he'll end up having a handful of big games, but include all those reasonings above and then chain his production to a Rookie QB and I am running for the hills. Darnell Mooney had a comparable season to him last year, has a better QB situation, and is younger.

Heck, Mooney had almost the same exact season but in 1 less game.


Darnell Mooney: 64 / 992 / 5TD (16 games)
Calvin Ridley: 64 / 1,017 / 4TD (17 games)


Meanwhile, FantasyPros has Ridley as WR34 and Mooney as WR 50. The difference between those two players is not 16 WR. Not to mention Darnell Mooney is 3 years younger. Market has this one completely wrong, imo.
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Good post. Great info. Having said that and different opinions is what makes this fun, if I'm on the clock I'd take Ridley 10 times out of 10 over Mooney. The reasoning is give me the wr1 on a team over the wr2. I think the market has this one correct. Imo
 
SHH1 said:
It took Calvin Ridley 17 games to go over 1,000 yards the last two seasons and he will be turning 31 years old this December. On paper, the rookie should pepper him with targets but no clue if that's a good thing as prior to the last two seasons he's never started 16+ games.

Unless I could get him as an extreme bargain as my WR3/WR4/FLEX I'd be out completely on him. I'm fully aware that he'll end up having a handful of big games, but include all those reasonings above and then chain his production to a Rookie QB and I am running for the hills. Darnell Mooney had a comparable season to him last year, has a better QB situation, and is younger.

Heck, Mooney had almost the same exact season but in 1 less game.


Darnell Mooney: 64 / 992 / 5TD (16 games)
Calvin Ridley: 64 / 1,017 / 4TD (17 games)


Meanwhile, FantasyPros has Ridley as WR34 and Mooney as WR 50. The difference between those two players is not 16 WR. Not to mention Darnell Mooney is 3 years younger. Market has this one completely wrong, imo.
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I agree that Mooney is somewhat undervalued, however I think Ridley is also undervalued at 34. The last two years he has ranked 19 and 27 PPR. The Titans signed a LT and Guard in free agency. They drafted a RT with a high draft pick and their Center is supposed to be healthy. They have a favorable schedule, especially for the playoffs. Nico Collins looked terrible his first two years. Then Houston drafted a QB with the second pick of the draft and Nico has been outstanding since then. I can't say Cam will be a good QB yet, but I am sure Ridley will be his main target.
 
Will say same thing I've said since he returned with the Jags.

He still has it, age has not caught up with him, but one of the reasons I think the Titans signed him was they brought over the Jags passing game OC that same off-season. And sadly they used him the same way the Jags did as primarily a pure X which results in deeper routes, throws. High degree of difficulty stuff.

If that changed it would be a bigger positive then the QB updgrade, but my guess is it won't change and his improvement will need to come from better QB play.

When you see these stats I'll post I think he actually had a remarkably good season last year.

Those quick stats: #1 in air yards, #5 in ADOT, #3 in deep targets. And due in large part to that and sorry QB play he was 97th in catchable target rate, 86th in target quality.

Only played out of the slot a tad over 20%


Summary version he was primarily a pure X running high degree of difficulty deep routes with QB's who could not throw very well.

I like him a lot better in a BB format.
 
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