Should I start Troy Franklin or Chimere Dike in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 0.7 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.

The market-based projection for Chimere Dike is 0.6 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.

Troy Franklin's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

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

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 13 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he was not given the ball.

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 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Chimere Dike 7.4, 3.0 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and Chimere Dike WR50.

Troy Franklin had 30 more targets than Chimere Dike, 104 to 74.

Troy Franklin had 286 more receiving yards than Chimere Dike, 709 to 423.

This season Troy Franklin holds the bigger snap share, 40 percent against 13 percent.

This season Troy Franklin holds the bigger target share, 5 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Troy Franklin is off in Week 10 and Chimere Dike in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.