Should I drop Troy Franklin for Germie Bernard?

Not on these numbers alone. Troy Franklin projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.

Start Germie Bernard or Troy Franklin? Week 7

Updated Oct 20, 3:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin

Start

Germie Bernard

Market projects: 12.1; fantasy pts
Snap share: 48%; Through Week 6
Target share: 15%; Through Week 6

Sit

Troy Franklin

Market projects: 3.0; recent weeks avg
Snap share: 39%; Through Week 6
Target share: 4%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Troy Franklin?

Not on these numbers alone. Germie Bernard projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Troy Franklin 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Germie Bernard at 12.1 points and Troy Franklin at 3.0, a gap of 9.1. 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

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Germie Bernard, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Germie Bernard is 53 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (5, 5 and 6 market sources).

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 Germie Bernard 9.1 points ahead of Troy Franklin on these projections.

Injury status

Germie Bernard is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Germie Bernard played 48 percent of PIT snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Germie Bernard, Week 3 against CIN: 17 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Germie Bernard, Week 4 against CLE: 29 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Germie Bernard, Week 5 against IND: 55 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 80 yards.

Germie Bernard, Week 6 against TB: 12 targets and 11 catches for 87 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, 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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Germie Bernard for Troy Franklin?
Not on these numbers alone. Germie Bernard projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Troy Franklin 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.
Should I drop Troy Franklin for Germie Bernard?
Not on these numbers alone. Troy Franklin projects 43 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (4.3 a game over 10 games) and Germie Bernard 43 (4.3 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Germie Bernard over Troy Franklin.