Start Troy Franklin or Cody White? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Troy Franklin over Cody White in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.4 points and Cody White at 4.4, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

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

The market has Cody White at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (10, 11 and 13 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 0.0 points ahead of Cody White on the market projections.

Injury status

Cody White is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Cody White played 30 percent of LV snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 1 against MIA: 11 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cody White, Week 2 against LAC: 7 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Cody White, Week 3 against NO: 15 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 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, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 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 Cody White over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Cody White over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Germie Bernard over Cody White.
• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Troy Franklin over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Troy Franklin over Elic Ayomanor.