Troy Franklin or A.J. Brown: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on A.J. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

The market-based projections

Troy Franklin's market-based projection is 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

A.J. Brown's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 37 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 1 of 1 target for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Troy Franklin played 17 games and scored 177.1 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR31.

He caught 65 of 104 targets for 709 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 4.3 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.

A.J. Brown had 17 more targets than Troy Franklin, 121 to 104.

A.J. Brown had 294 more receiving yards than Troy Franklin, 1003 to 709.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 37 percent.

This season A.J. Brown holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

A.J. Brown is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

A.J. Brown is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.