Jaylin Noel or Troy Franklin: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylin Noel at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 154th highest figure of the 190 players the market prices.

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 156th highest figure of the 190 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylin Noel: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 45 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 1 time for 13 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 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 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 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 Jaylin Noel 4.0, 6.4 a game between them.

Jaylin Noel finished WR91 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 69 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 104 to 35.

Troy Franklin had 417 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 709 to 292.

This season Jaylin Noel holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 30 percent.

This season Jaylin Noel 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.