Darnell Mooney or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Darnell Mooney at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 154th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Mooney: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 57 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 4.9 a game between them.

Darnell Mooney finished WR79 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 32 more targets than Darnell Mooney, 104 to 72.

Troy Franklin had 266 more receiving yards than Darnell Mooney, 709 to 443.

This season Darnell Mooney holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 30 percent.

This season Darnell Mooney holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.