Start Troy Franklin or Cody White? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Cody White over Troy Franklin in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cody White at 3.8 points and Troy Franklin at 3.4, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (3.0, 5.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Troy Franklin this week yet, so his 3.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (1.7, 4.2 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 3.0, 5.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Troy Franklin yet. His market-based projections were 1.7, 4.2 and 4.2 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Cody White 0.4 points ahead of Troy Franklin on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cody White and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 27.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 104 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

Troy Franklin and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 34.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 153 yards and 1.7 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Troy Franklin has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cody White played 33 percent of LV snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

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 7 calls

• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Troy Franklin over Bo Melton.
• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Troy Franklin.