Start Troy Franklin or Elic Ayomanor? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Troy Franklin over Elic Ayomanor in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.2 points and Elic Ayomanor at 4.1, a gap of 0.1. 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 4.2 fantasy points for Troy Franklin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Troy Franklin at 18.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (15, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Elic Ayomanor, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Elic Ayomanor at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (10, 7 and 12 market sources).

That puts Troy Franklin 0.1 points ahead of Elic Ayomanor on the market projections.

Injury status

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Troy Franklin played 30 percent of DEN snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Troy Franklin, Week 1 against KC: 17 of 51 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Elic Ayomanor played 63 percent of TEN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 15 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 2 against PHI: 28 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 69 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 3 against NYG: 48 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 4 against BAL: 40 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 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, Elic Ayomanor played 16 games for TEN and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 400 air yards.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Troy Franklin.
• Start Jahan Dotson over Troy Franklin.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Chris Godwin Jr..