Should I start Troy Franklin or Rashee Rice in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Troy Franklin, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Troy Franklin's market-based projection is 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Troy Franklin has been on the field for 44 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.

Through Week 8, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 62 percent of KC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 8.3 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Troy Franklin had 26 more targets than Rashee Rice, 104 to 78.

Troy Franklin had 138 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 709 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 44 percent.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Rashee Rice has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.