Troy Franklin or Xavier Hutchinson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Troy Franklin at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 155th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 158th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Troy Franklin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 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 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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 Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 4.7 a game between them.

Troy Franklin finished WR31 that year and Xavier Hutchinson WR64.

Troy Franklin had 47 more targets than Xavier Hutchinson, 104 to 57.

Troy Franklin had 281 more receiving yards than Xavier Hutchinson, 709 to 428.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 30 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 3 percent.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.