Start Troy Franklin or Calvin Ridley? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 9:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley

Start

Troy Franklin

Market projects: 3.0; recent weeks avg
Snap share: 39%; Through Week 6
Target share: 4%; Through Week 6

Sit

Calvin Ridley

WR · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 1.5; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs WR: 36.0; 10th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 52%; Through Week 6
Target share: 6%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Troy Franklin?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Troy Franklin projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games), Calvin Ridley 30 (3.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 3.0 points and Calvin Ridley at 1.5, a gap of 1.5. No player market is posted for Troy Franklin this week yet, so his 3.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.7 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Calvin Ridley this week yet, so his 1.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.2 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Troy Franklin yet. His market-based projections were 1.7 and 4.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Calvin Ridley yet. His market-based projections were 1.2 and 1.9 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 1.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Troy Franklin 1.5 points ahead of Calvin Ridley on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Calvin Ridley and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Injury status

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Calvin Ridley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Troy Franklin played 39 percent of DEN snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Troy Franklin, Week 5 against LAC: 39 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Troy Franklin, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Through Week 6, Calvin Ridley played 52 percent of TEN snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Calvin Ridley, Week 5 against HOU: 35 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.

Calvin Ridley, Week 6 against IND: 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Troy Franklin?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Troy Franklin projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games), Calvin Ridley 30 (3.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
Should I drop Troy Franklin for Calvin Ridley?
No. Keep Troy Franklin: he projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games), Calvin Ridley 30 (3.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.