Troy Franklin or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 168th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has Tee Higgins at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tee Higgins's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 79 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 11 of 16 targets for 157 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 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Troy Franklin was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Troy Franklin 10.4, 3.7 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Troy Franklin had 6 more targets than Tee Higgins, 104 to 98.

Tee Higgins had 137 more receiving yards than Troy Franklin, 846 to 709.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 30 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Troy Franklin.

Tee Higgins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Tee Higgins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.