Start Matthew Golden or Troy Franklin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Matthew Golden over Troy Franklin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Matthew Golden at 14.0 points and Troy Franklin at 4.0, a gap of 9.9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.0 fantasy points for Matthew Golden, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Golden is 65 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (12, 8 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Troy Franklin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Troy Franklin is 17 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Matthew Golden 9.9 points ahead of Troy Franklin on the market projections.

Injury status

Matthew Golden is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Matthew Golden played 83 percent of GB snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 38 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Matthew Golden, Week 2 against NYJ: 51 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 58 yards.

Matthew Golden, Week 3 against ATL: 54 of 66 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 100 yards, 1 touchdown.

Matthew Golden, Week 4 against TB: 53 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 7 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Matthew Golden, Week 5 against CHI: 47 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 123 yards.

Through Week 5, Troy Franklin played 37 percent of DEN snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Troy Franklin, Week 5 against LAC: 39 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Matthew Golden played 14 games for GB and scored 70.0 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing WR89.

He caught 29 of 44 targets for 361 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 260 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 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 6 calls

• Start Matthew Golden over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Matthew Golden over Carnell Tate.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Matthew Golden.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Troy Franklin.
• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Troy Franklin over Cody White.