Troy Franklin or Calvin Ridley: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 158th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 2.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 173rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 30 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 18.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 51 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 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 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 3.7 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Troy Franklin had 68 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 104 to 36.

Troy Franklin had 406 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 709 to 303.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 30 percent.

This season Calvin Ridley holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

What would change the answer

2.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.