Should I start Keon Coleman or Troy Franklin in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 160th 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 Keon Coleman is 1.4 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 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 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

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 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.

Troy Franklin was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Troy Franklin scored 10.4 PPR points a game and Keon Coleman 7.9, 2.5 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 that year and Troy Franklin WR31.

Troy Franklin had 45 more targets than Keon Coleman, 104 to 59.

Troy Franklin had 305 more receiving yards than Keon Coleman, 709 to 404.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 40 percent.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7 and Troy Franklin in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.