Riley Ridley - Accurate Expectations?

[Pegger]

Hi guys,

Going to be honest. This is pertaining to fantasy football. I'm wondering what you guys think about Ridley for this year and what's an accurate expectation of what his stats would look like?

I'm excited about his potential in that he comes from a football family (Calvin Ridley) and was considered a good value pick because his stock dropped a bit form his combine, but I'm also concerned about what he really is. His college stat line goes 69 catches, 1015 yards (14.7 ypc) and 13 TDs over THREE SEASONS at Georgia. Part of me feels he'll never be a 700+ yard type WR because quite simply he never has been one.

What do you Bears fans think of him?

 

[Probie2429]

Earl Bennett level production most likely.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Not worth a draft pick in FF. To many options to spread the ball around. AR, Miller, Graham, Kmet, Montgomery, Cohen, Ginn. I think the dinosaur Ginn will eat up Ridley's snaps.

Edit: This advice is assuming you're in a standard 10 or 12 man league. If you're in like a super deep league with 14+ teams, then maybe. I would just wait to pick him up on waivers if he is actually getting some PT.

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

Wouldn’t trust anybody not named Allen Robinson on the Bears for FF.

 

[Pegger]

To your comments:

League type - 10 team, 0.5 PPR dynasty league with 25 man rosters and 3 taxi spots (these are where you can stash rookies for a season without taking up a roster spot).

Don't draft anyone not named ARob - I already drafted ARob. This is honestly the last spot on my roster.

"Earl Bennett level production" - By the time you read this I will have cut Ridley.

 

[SugarWalls]

The only reason anyone has any hope in him is because he has a relative in the NFL that is a stud. Dude is a 4th round draft pick, not a starter, on a bad offense .... yeah I wouldn’t draft him.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

To your comments:

League type - 10 team, 0.5 PPR dynasty league with 25 man rosters and 3 taxi spots (these are where you can stash rookies for a season without taking up a roster spot).

Don't draft anyone not named ARob - I already drafted ARob. This is honestly the last spot on my roster.

"Earl Bennett level production" - By the time you read this I will have cut Ridley.

Now owning him in a dynasty league has much more appeal then a re-draft league. To your OP - I don't see him having a ton of production this year, but if you have roster space to stash him, I think he could have some appeal in the next 2 years.

Edit: With that said, I think some of the WRs taken in the first couple rounds of this past draft have much much more appeal than Ridley moving forward.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Anything less than 75 catches, 1000 yards, and 8 TDS or Pace is drawn and quartered.

 

[meangreek]

The bears and fantasy Football

Your brave

 

[Noonthirtyjoe]

Ridley is a year or two away from being anything.

 

[Outlaw Josey Cutler]

Being Calvin's brother is as irrelevant as Eddie Payton being Walter's brother. If you were doing FF in 1977, would you draft Eddie Payton because of genetics?

 

[TheWinman]

To your comments:

League type - 10 team, 0.5 PPR dynasty league with 25 man rosters and 3 taxi spots (these are where you can stash rookies for a season without taking up a roster spot).

Don't draft anyone not named ARob - I already drafted ARob. This is honestly the last spot on my roster.

"Earl Bennett level production" - By the time you read this I will have cut Ridley.

No way in a 10 team league should he be drafted. Just way and see how he plays, could be a pickup later in the season

 

[Bearly]

No way in a 10 team league should he be drafted. Just way and see how he plays, could be a pickup later in the season

This and don't expect much early. He's the type of WR that has to get a feel for how to pay NFL DBs before he can do his thing. Just hasn't had enough reps yet.

 

[hebs]

Expect about the same production as Javon Wims has had in the past.

If the offense plays anything like it did last year, don’t expect him to have more than 180yds for the year.

I just don’t see the talent like his brother.

 

[Menchifus]

Darnell Mooney will probably have better stats than Ridley.

 

[SlickWilly]

The only reason anyone has any hope in him is because he has a relative in the NFL that is a stud. Dude is a 4th round draft pick, not a starter, on a bad offense .... yeah I wouldn’t draft him.

LOL @ Calvin Ridley being a stud!!!! You should at least wait until Calvin becomes a stud.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

LOL @ Calvin Ridley being a stud!!!! You should at least wait until Calvin becomes a stud.

He has 130 catches, 1600 yards and 17 TDs in two years as a WR2. Calvin is pretty good.

 

[Midway Fields]

Hi guys,

Going to be honest. This is pertaining to fantasy football. I'm wondering what you guys think about Ridley for this year and what's an accurate expectation of what his stats would look like?

I'm excited about his potential in that he comes from a football family (Calvin Ridley) and was considered a good value pick because his stock dropped a bit form his combine, but I'm also concerned about what he really is. His college stat line goes 69 catches, 1015 yards (14.7 ypc) and 13 TDs over THREE SEASONS at Georgia. Part of me feels he'll never be a 700+ yard type WR because quite simply he never has been one.

What do you Bears fans think of him?

I wouldn’t draft Ridley in a 120 team league.

Does that answer your question?

 

[SlickWilly]

He has 130 catches, 1600 yards and 17 TDs in two years as a WR2. Calvin is pretty good.

Guys like Michael Thomas, Julio Jones and Calvin Johnson get those in one year. That's what a stud is. I never said Ridley wasn't any good, but he's not a stud. Stud's put up elite numbers.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Guys like Michael Thomas, Julio Jones and Calvin Johnson get those in one year. That's what a stud is. I never said Ridley wasn't any good, but he's not a stud. Stud's put up elite numbers.

I guess the definition of 'stud' is subjective