Courtland Sutton or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 107 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 53rd highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 2.5 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Courtland Sutton had 20 more targets than Troy Franklin, 124 to 104.

Courtland Sutton had 308 more receiving yards than Troy Franklin, 1017 to 709.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 30 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

What would change the answer

4.3 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.