Start Troy Franklin or Darnell Mooney? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Darnell Mooney over Troy Franklin in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Darnell Mooney at 4.3 points and Troy Franklin at 4.0, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Darnell Mooney this week yet, so his 4.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (4.5 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Troy Franklin this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (4.2, 3.9 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Darnell Mooney yet. His market-based projections were 4.5 and 4.0 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 4.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Troy Franklin yet. His market-based projections were 4.2, 3.9 and 3.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Darnell Mooney 0.3 points ahead of Troy Franklin on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Darnell Mooney and NYG visit PHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PHI allowed 39.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 183 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

Troy Franklin and DEN visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Mooney has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darnell Mooney is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Darnell Mooney played 55 percent of NYG snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Mooney, Week 4 against ARI: 37 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 5 against WAS: 58 of 89 snaps, 7 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 6 against NO: 28 of 77 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darnell Mooney, Week 7 against HOU: 36 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Through Week 8, Troy Franklin played 44 percent of DEN snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 12 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Troy Franklin, Week 8 against KC: 44 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Mooney played 15 games for ATL and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 370 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 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 9 calls

• Start Darnell Mooney over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Troy Franklin over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Efton Chism III over Troy Franklin.
• Start Troy Franklin over Ja'Kobi Lane.