Troy Franklin or Chris Olave: 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 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The market has Chris Olave at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 30 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 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 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 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 6.4 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Chris Olave had 52 more targets than Troy Franklin, 156 to 104.

Chris Olave had 454 more receiving yards than Troy Franklin, 1163 to 709.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 30 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

What would change the answer

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