Start Troy Franklin or Tez Johnson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Troy Franklin over Tez Johnson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 4.2 points and Tez Johnson at 3.7, a gap of 0.6. 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 3.7 fantasy points for Tez Johnson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Tez Johnson at 13.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 17 market sources).

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).

That puts Troy Franklin 0.6 points ahead of Tez Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Tez Johnson played 33 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tez Johnson, Week 1 against CIN: 13 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 2 against CLE: 19 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 49 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 3 against MIN: 16 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 4 against GB: 35 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tez Johnson played 16 games for TB and scored 92.4 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR67.

He caught 28 of 44 targets for 322 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 212 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 5 calls

• Start Tez Johnson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Chris Olave over Tez Johnson.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Tez Johnson.
• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Troy Franklin.
• Start Troy Franklin over Elic Ayomanor.