Jakobi Meyers or Calvin Ridley or Cooper Kupp Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Fantasy Football projection for RBs explored for Week 6

Jakobi Meyers and Calvin Ridley were each a bright spot for a terrible team in 2024, hitting over a thousand yards with the Las Vegas Raiders and Tennessee Titans respectively.

This season, they are looking like that again, hitting over 200 yards even as their teams are mired at 1-4. And one of them will win for the second time.

Meanwhile, Cooper Kupp has had a modest start to life as a Seattle Seahawk, hitting 200 yards across his first five games in the Pacific Northwest. He will aim for another strong showing at the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Who among them will have the best showing?

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Jakobi Meyers or Calvin Ridley or Cooper Kupp: Fantasy Football Preview

Jakobi Meyers

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A look at Meyers' fantasy stats reveals a depressing outlook. After a solid start at the Patriots that saw him come .3 points shy of double digits, he saw his output gradually decrease over the next three games - 6.8 vs. the Chargers, 6.3 at the Commanders, and 3.0 against the Chicago Bears.

Then came a visit to the Colts. He managed to have only 3.2 points and saw his ranking plummet to 65. The hope is that he can only go back up and regain the form that made him deadly in 2024.

Calvin Ridley

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Ridley was among the biggest gainers in Week 5. Having entered the game at the Arizona Cardinals ranked a measly 62, he had his best performance to date, covering a monstrous 131 yards on just five catches. The result was a 13.1-point haul that propelled him 50 spots all the way to a weekly finish of 12.

And he could have a repeat against the Raiders, who have one of the weaker cornerback rooms in the NFL despite having safeties Jeremy Chinn and Isaiah Pola-Mao. Eric Stokes has clearly been trying his best, but the rest of the corps leaves much to be desired.

Cooper Kupp

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Kupp has been middling in his first five games as a Seahawk. His best performance was in a win at the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he came a point shy of ten after covering 90 yards.

He did show some improvement in a loss against Tampa Bay, scoring 5.9 points off a 59-yard performance. The Jacksonville Jaguars, however, are looking like the best defensive team in 2025, and they have ways to stop him.

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Whom should I start: Jakobi Meyers or Calvin Ridley or Cooper Kupp?

Jakobi Meyers or Calvin Ridley or Cooper Kupp Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Fantasy Football projection for RBs explored for Week 6

The Sportskeeda Start/Sit Optimizer thinks Jakobi Meyers will have the best performance among the three in Week 5.

While he has been consistently bad in the last two games, his quarterback Geno Smith has not helped his case, throwing nine interceptions against six touchdowns as opposing pass rushes have sapped his confidence. But against a similarly bad team whose pass rush has become lackluster, he may have a chance to finally explode.