Start Troy Franklin or Calvin Ridley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.4 points and Calvin Ridley at 1.8, a gap of 2.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 1.8 fantasy points for Calvin Ridley, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Calvin Ridley at 8.5 receiving yards and 0.5 receptions, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (8, 10 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Troy Franklin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Troy Franklin at 19.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Troy Franklin 2.6 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on the market projections.

Injury status

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Calvin Ridley played 51 percent of TEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Calvin Ridley, Week 1 against NYJ: 32 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 2 against PHI: 33 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 3 against NYG: 20 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 4 against BAL: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

Through Week 4, Troy Franklin played 30 percent of DEN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Troy Franklin, Week 1 against KC: 17 of 51 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Troy Franklin, Week 2 against JAX: 13 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 27 yards.

Troy Franklin, Week 3 against LAR: 12 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 21 yards.

Troy Franklin, Week 4 against SF: 32 of 65 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Calvin Ridley played 7 games for TEN and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 219 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Troy Franklin played 17 games for DEN 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 and 427 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Calvin Ridley.
• Start DeVonta Smith over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Troy Franklin over Cody White.
• Start Troy Franklin over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Troy Franklin over Elic Ayomanor.