Start Dyami Brown or Troy Franklin? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Troy Franklin over Dyami Brown in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.1 points and Dyami Brown at 3.6, a gap of 0.5. 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Dyami Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dyami Brown is 13 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (8, 6 and 8 market sources).

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.

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 0.2 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Troy Franklin 0.5 points ahead of Dyami Brown on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Dyami Brown and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Dyami Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dyami Brown is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Dyami Brown played 47 percent of WAS snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Dyami Brown, Week 3 against SEA: 21 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 4 against IND: 36 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 65 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 5 against NYG: 23 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Dyami Brown, Week 6 against SF: 33 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dyami Brown played 14 games for JAX and scored 49.7 PPR points, 3.6 a game, finishing WR110.

He caught 20 of 37 targets for 227 yards and 1 touchdown, with 9 red zone targets and 196 air yards.

He was on the field for 36 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 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Dyami Brown.
• Start Cody White over Dyami Brown.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Dyami Brown.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Troy Franklin.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Troy Franklin.
• Start Troy Franklin over Cody White.