Should I start Troy Franklin or John Metchie in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin 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 John Metchie 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.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, John Metchie has been on the field for 36 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 John Metchie played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and John Metchie 4.5, 5.9 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and John Metchie WR87.

Troy Franklin had 56 more targets than John Metchie, 104 to 48.

Troy Franklin had 435 more receiving yards than John Metchie, 709 to 274.

This season Troy Franklin holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 36 percent.

This season John Metchie holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Troy Franklin is off in Week 10 and John Metchie in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.