Jahan Dotson or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jahan Dotson at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 147th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 156th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahan Dotson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 7.5 a game between them.

Jahan Dotson finished WR109 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 68 more targets than Jahan Dotson, 104 to 36.

Troy Franklin had 447 more receiving yards than Jahan Dotson, 709 to 262.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 30 percent.

This season Jahan Dotson holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.