Bryce Young or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bryce Young: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Bryce Young at 17.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 3 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

Bryce Young's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Bryce Young has been on the field for 96 percent of CAR snaps, dropped back 175 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 175 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against ATL he completed 23 of 36 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 6 yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he completed 26 of 47 passes for 291 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against DET he completed 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 7 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bryce Young played 16 games and scored 229.0 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing QB19.

He threw for 3011 yards on 478 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 216 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Troy Franklin was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bryce Young scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 3.9 a game between them.

Bryce Young finished QB19 and Troy Franklin WR31, which are two different ladders.

Bryce Young is a quarterback and Troy Franklin a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bryce Young is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

What would change the answer

Bryce Young is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.