Caleb Williams or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Caleb Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Caleb Williams at 17.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 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 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

Through Week 2, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 93 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 70 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 1 against CAR he completed 21 of 29 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 10 times for 65 yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 42 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 Caleb Williams played 17 games and scored 325.2 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB5.

He threw for 3942 yards on 568 attempts with 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 33.4 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 8.7 a game between them.

Caleb Williams finished QB5 and Troy Franklin WR31, which are two different ladders.

Caleb Williams 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

Caleb Williams is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

Caleb Williams is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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