Start Troy Franklin or Tez Johnson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Troy Franklin over Tez Johnson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Troy Franklin at 3.0 points and Tez Johnson at 2.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. No player market is posted for Tez Johnson this week yet, so his 2.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (2.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Tez Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 2.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 2.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Troy Franklin 0.2 points ahead of Tez Johnson on these projections.

Injury status

Troy Franklin is not on the injury report.

Tez Johnson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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.

Through Week 6, Tez Johnson played 34 percent of TB snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 18 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Tez Johnson, Week 5 against DAL: 28 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 64 yards.

Tez Johnson, Week 6 against PIT: 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 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, 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Troy Franklin over Bo Melton.
• Start Troy Franklin over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Troy Franklin.
• Start Tez Johnson over Bo Melton.
• Start Tez Johnson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over Tez Johnson.