Cooper Kupp or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 49th highest figure of the 124 players the market prices.

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 124 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 64 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

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 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 3.1 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 34 more targets than Cooper Kupp, 104 to 70.

Troy Franklin had 116 more receiving yards than Cooper Kupp, 709 to 593.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 37 percent.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

What would change the answer

1.9 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.