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Start Josh Cameron or Troy Franklin? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 2:21 PM ET.

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WR · JAX · at BAL

Market projects
3.8
fantasy pts
BAL D vs WR
35.0
8th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
36 of 100 at WR
Snap share
37%
Through Week 8
Target share
7%
Through Week 8
Sit

WR · DEN · at CAR

Market projects
3.5
fantasy pts
CAR D vs WR
29.8
13th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
14 of 100 at WR
Snap share
44%
Through Week 8
Target share
5%
Through Week 8

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Our Week 9 call

Start Josh Cameron over Troy Franklin in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Josh Cameron at 3.8 points and Troy Franklin at 3.5, a gap of 0.3. 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 3.8 fantasy points for Josh Cameron, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Cameron is 15 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (10, 11 and 13 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 Josh Cameron 0.3 points ahead of Troy Franklin on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Josh Cameron and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 35.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 178 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against BAL.

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, Josh Cameron has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Cameron is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Josh Cameron played 37 percent of JAX snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Cameron, Week 4 against CIN: 22 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 42 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 5 against PHI: 22 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 6 against HOU: 36 of 71 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Josh Cameron, Week 8 against IND: 28 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 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

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

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