Should I start Jalen Nailor or Troy Franklin in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Nailor, and the board ranks him 155th 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

The market-based projection for Jalen Nailor is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 0.9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 51 percent of LV snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 1 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 39 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 Jalen Nailor 5.9, 4.5 a game between them.

Jalen Nailor finished WR61 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 51 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 104 to 53.

Troy Franklin had 265 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 709 to 444.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 39 percent.

This season Jalen Nailor holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

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