Start Troy Franklin or Cody White? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Troy Franklin over Cody White in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.1 points and Cody White at 3.9, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Troy Franklin this week yet, so his 4.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (4.2, 4.2 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (5.0, 3.6 and 3.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Troy Franklin yet. His market-based projections were 4.2, 4.2 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 4.1, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 5.0, 3.6 and 3.2 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Troy Franklin 0.2 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Troy Franklin and DEN host KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 23.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 122 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against KC.

Cody White and LV visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 30.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

By points allowed to the position, Cody White has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Troy Franklin played 40 percent of DEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Troy Franklin, Week 7 against ARI: 28 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 7, Cody White played 32 percent of LV snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Cody White, Week 7 against LAR: 17 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 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, 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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Troy Franklin.
• Start Efton Chism III over Troy Franklin.
• Start Troy Franklin over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Cody White.