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Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Troy Franklin in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

Week 9 verdict

Start Ja'Kobi Lane over Troy Franklin

Start

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR · BAL · vs JAX

Market projects
3.9
fantasy pts
JAX D vs WR
36.9
6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
20 of 100 at WR
Snap share
56%
Through Week 8
Target share
12%
Through Week 8
Sit

Troy Franklin

WR · DEN · at CAR

Market projects
3.6
fantasy pts
CAR D vs WR
29.8
13th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
14 of 100 at WR
Snap share
44%
Through Week 8
Target share
5%
Through Week 8
Start Lane or Franklin? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start Ja'Kobi Lane: 54 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Troy Franklin's 54 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Troy Franklin for Ja'Kobi Lane?

Not on these numbers alone. Troy Franklin projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games) and Ja'Kobi Lane 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Ja'Kobi Lane over Troy Franklin, 3.9 to 3.6 projected PPR points.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR26 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Market-based projection
3.9 pts a game

Troy Franklin

WR68 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 0-8

Market-based projection
3.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
165

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The gap

  • Board size297 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Troy Franklin's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 1 target for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 40 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Kobi Lane is off in Week 13 and Troy Franklin in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Troy Franklin has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Troy Franklin for Ja'Kobi Lane?

    Not on these numbers alone. Troy Franklin projects 33 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.1 a game over 8 games) and Ja'Kobi Lane 34 (4.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Ja'Kobi Lane over Troy Franklin, 3.9 to 3.6 projected PPR points.

  • Should I drop Ja'Kobi Lane for Troy Franklin?

    Not on these numbers alone. Ja'Kobi Lane projects 34 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 8 games) and Troy Franklin 33 (4.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Ja'Kobi Lane over Troy Franklin, 3.9 to 3.6 projected PPR points.

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