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Calvin Ridley Week 6 Outlook - Texans at Titans

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 15th 2020, 8:36am EDT

When Julio Jones is out of the lineup, we know Ridley is getting targeted heavily. In the 12 games where he's seen at least eight targets, Ridley has never scored fewer than 16.7 PPR points. That's ridiculous. The Vikings have faced just two receivers who've seen eight-plus targets, and those receivers went bananas (Davante Adams 14/156/2 and D.K. Metcalf 6/93/2). There is no cornerback that'll travel around the field with Ridley, but based on alignment, he'd see Mike Hughes the most. They moved him from the slot out to the perimeter last week after he failed that experiment. It really hasn't mattered where he's been throughout his career to this point, though. Through two-plus years, he's allowed 73-of-108 passing for 849 yards and six touchdowns in his coverage. If Julio Jones is out of the lineup, Ridley should be considered a can't-miss WR1. If Jones is back, it would lower the certainty, but Ridley would remain the top play on the Falcons roster. He's a plug-and-play WR1 every week and this matchup doesn't change that.

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