Calvin Ridley · Tez Johnson · 2026 week 5

Calvin Ridley or Tez Johnson?

Wondering who you should start this week — Calvin Ridley or Tez Johnson? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Tez Johnson — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.7 points. The matchup leans Tez Johnson (DAL allow the 7th-most WR points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 5	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Calvin Ridley	vs HOU	2.8	1st · soft	3.9	–	healthy
Tez Johnson START	@ DAL	3.5	7th · soft	4.1	–	healthy

WRs vs HOU recently: Ja'Marr Chase 19.5 pts (W2) · Keenan Allen 12.3 pts (W3) · CeeDee Lamb 24.3 pts (W4).

WRs vs DAL recently: Stefon Diggs 16.7 pts (W2) · Zay Flowers 10.4 pts (W3) · Nico Collins 23.8 pts (W4).

🎓 The coach's read

Projections are 0.7 apart — too close to call on projection alone.
Calvin Ridley faces HOU, 1st most generous to WRs.
Tez Johnson faces DAL, 7th most generous to WRs.

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Their trade values are effectively even — a one-for-one is a fair swap on the numbers.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly.