Should I start Jerry Jeudy or Troy Franklin in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jerry Jeudy, and the board ranks him 161st 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 Jerry Jeudy is 1.0 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jerry Jeudy has been on the field for 59 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 3 of 7 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 69 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 Jerry Jeudy played 17 games and scored 120.7 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR52.

He caught 50 of 106 targets for 602 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 Jerry Jeudy 7.1, 3.3 a game between them.

Jerry Jeudy finished WR52 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Jerry Jeudy had 2 more targets than Troy Franklin, 106 to 104.

Troy Franklin had 107 more receiving yards than Jerry Jeudy, 709 to 602.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 39 percent.

This season Jerry Jeudy holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Jerry Jeudy is off in Week 11 and Troy Franklin in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.