Start Dohnte Meyers or Troy Franklin? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Dohnte Meyers over Troy Franklin in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Dohnte Meyers at 4.5 points and Troy Franklin at 3.5, a gap of 0.9. 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 4.5 fantasy points for Dohnte Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dohnte Meyers is 17 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (5, 4 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.5 fantasy points for Troy Franklin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 10 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

That puts Dohnte Meyers 0.9 points ahead of Troy Franklin on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Dohnte Meyers and CIN visit ATL on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

ATL allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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, Dohnte Meyers has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Dohnte Meyers played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 4 against JAX: 68 of 76 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 82 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 5 against MIA: 19 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 8 against TEN: 44 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 34 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, 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 Dohnte Meyers over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Troy Franklin.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Troy Franklin.
• Start Efton Chism III over Troy Franklin.