Start Troy Franklin or Skyy Moore? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Troy Franklin over Skyy Moore in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.2 points and Skyy Moore at 3.9, 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 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 3.9 fantasy points for Skyy Moore, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Skyy Moore a 17% chance to score a touchdown (14 market sources).

That puts Troy Franklin 0.3 points ahead of Skyy Moore on the market projections.

Injury status

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Skyy Moore 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, Skyy Moore played 32 percent of GB snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Skyy Moore, Week 1 against MIN: 4 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 2 against NYJ: 21 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 3 against ATL: 34 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards.

Skyy Moore, Week 4 against TB: 23 of 60 snaps, 2 targets 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.

In 2025, Skyy Moore played 17 games for SF and scored 14.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game.

He caught 5 of 7 targets for 87 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 58 air yards.

He was on the field for 10 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 Troy Franklin over Elic Ayomanor.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Skyy Moore.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Skyy Moore.
• Start Skyy Moore over Marvin Mims Jr..