Start Courtland Sutton or Troy Franklin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Troy Franklin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.4 points and Troy Franklin at 4.0, a gap of 4.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 32.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Troy Franklin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Troy Franklin at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 11% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 4.4 points ahead of Troy Franklin on the market projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Troy Franklin played 37 percent of DEN snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 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 6 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Christian Watson over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Troy Franklin.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Troy Franklin.
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Troy Franklin.