Start Troy Franklin or Elic Ayomanor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Elic Ayomanor over Troy Franklin in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Elic Ayomanor at 3.8 points and Troy Franklin at 3.0, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.8 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Troy Franklin this week yet, so his 3.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (1.7 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Elic Ayomanor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Troy Franklin yet. His market-based projections were 1.7 and 4.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Elic Ayomanor 0.8 points ahead of Troy Franklin on these projections.

Injury status

Elic Ayomanor is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor played 60 percent of TEN snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 5 against HOU: 33 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 17 yards.

Elic Ayomanor, Week 6 against IND: 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Through Week 6, Troy Franklin played 39 percent of DEN snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Troy Franklin, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 7 calls

• Start Cody White over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darius Cooper over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Troy Franklin over Bo Melton.
• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.