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Troy Franklin or Tyler Higbee

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Troy Franklin

Troy Franklin

WR • Denver Broncos DEN
Tyler Higbee

Tyler Higbee

TE • Los Angeles Rams LAR
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Franklin over Higbee

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Troy Franklin

Sliding Down the Depth Chart and Off the Fantasy Radar

After a step forward in 2025 where he posted 65 receptions for 709 yards and six scores, Troy Franklin enters 2026 fighting for snaps. Denver's wide receiver room now features Jaylen Waddle alongside Courtland Sutton, leaving Franklin operating as a backup slot receiver behind Pat Bryant.

Our projections reflect this diminished role, forecasting 40 catches for 435 yards and five touchdowns (97.0 fantasy points) across 60 targets. Without an immediate path to regular three-wide sets, his week-to-week volume looks too volatile to support standalone fantasy value.

Fantasy drafters have reacted accordingly to his shifting usage. Franklin's draft position plummeted over 120 spots during August, sliding past pick 330 in standard PPR drafts as his roster rate collapsed to 2%. Given our tempered expectations, he is a falling knife to avoid in standard formats.

Updated 5 days ago

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Troy Franklin
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Troy Franklin
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 @KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 JAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
8 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 @CAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
13 @PIT 🔓 🔓 🔓
14 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @NYJ 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @NE 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
21 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Tyler Higbee
REDZONE
WK OPP ATT TAR REC
1 SF 🔓 🔓 🔓
2 NYG 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 @DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 @PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
5 BUF 🔓 🔓 🔓
6 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
7 @LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
9 LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
10 @WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
11 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 BYE 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 GB 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
21 @SF 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Troy Franklin
OWN
 
2%
-0.66 compared to last week
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0%
-0.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Tyler Higbee
OWN
 
1%
-0.59 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Troy Franklin
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Tyler Higbee
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Troy Franklin

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 38th with 112.10 total points (5.90 avg).
  • Currently 197.2 points behind the leader: Puka Nacua
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.9.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 35 in receptions and is currently ranked 27th among WR.
  • Top 35 in targets and is currently ranked 29th among WR.
  • Top 15 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 15th among WR.
  • Top 3 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 2nd among WR.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 709 and 10.91 YPC and is currently ranked 38th among WR.
  • Top 35 in Rec TDs with 6 and is currently ranked 30th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 5 (0.29 per game) and is currently ranked 29th among WR.
  • Top 50 in rush yards with 12 (0.71 per game) and is currently ranked 45th among WR.
  • Top 25 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game) and is currently ranked 22nd among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 3 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +39, Rec Yards: +458 Rec TDs: +4,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 40, REC YDS: 435, REC TDS: 5
Breakdown Tyler Higbee

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among TE's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 33rd with 54.50 total points (3.89 avg).
  • Currently 143.3 points behind the leader: Trey McBride
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.9 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 50 in receptions and is currently ranked 47th among TE.
  • Top 50 in targets and is currently ranked 45th among TE.
  • Top 35 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 29th among TE.
  • Top 50 in reception yards with 281 and 11.24 YPC and is currently ranked 45th among TE.
  • Top 35 in Rec TDs with 3 and is currently ranked 29th among TE.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 11 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +26, Rec Yards: +345 Rec TDs: +2,

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 27, REC YDS: 312, REC TDS: 2
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Troy Franklin

No Injury Reported

Injury Tyler Higbee

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Troy Franklin

Week 1
Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.29325.8214103503.39
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 21st with 90.00 total points (5.29 avg).
  • Currently 137 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.3.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 8 in total yards against with 325.82 per game and is currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 8 in rush defense with 1871 (110.06 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 8 in pass defense with 3668 (215.76 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 6 in points against with 19.29 per game and currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 29th in Total TDs with 0 (0.00 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +71.09, Turnovers: -14 Sacks: -20, INTs: -6, TDs: -2, Points Allowed: +2.79,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 36, INT: 12, TDS: 3, PA/G: 20.5, YDS/G: 320.4
Matchups Tyler Higbee

Week 1
Los Angeles Rams VS San Francisco 49ers

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.68325.321662312.97
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 27th with 76.00 total points (4.00 avg).
  • Currently 151 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4 PPG.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 12 in rush defense with 1902 (111.88 per game) and is currently ranked 11th among DST.
  • Ranked 22nd in pass defense with 4279 (251.71 per game).
  • Top 14 in points against with 21.82 per game and currently ranked 13th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 25th in Total TDs with 1 (0.06 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: +53.7, Turnovers: -9 Sacks: -22, INTs: -11, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: -0.99,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 26, INT: 11, TDS: 3, PA/G: 23.2, YDS/G: 361.5
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Troy Franklin
9.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Tyler Higbee
6.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Troy Franklin
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2024 DEN 16 52 28 263 9.4 2 2 8 4 0
2025 DEN 16 104 65 709 10.9 6 5 12 2.4 0
ON PACE 72 468 293 3191 10.9 27 23 54 2.4 0
3-YEAR AVG 11 53 32 342 10.8 3 2 7 2.9 0
Totals 34 159 95 1026 10.8 9 7 20 2.9 0
Career Tyler Higbee
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2016 LAR 11 29 11 85 7.7 1 0 0 0 0
2017 LAR 14 45 25 295 11.8 1 0 0 0 0
2018 LAR 13 32 24 292 12.2 2 0 0 0 0
2019 LAR 14 89 69 734 10.6 3 0 0 0 0
2020 LAR 16 63 45 525 11.7 5 1 1 1 0
2021 LAR 15 85 61 560 9.2 5 0 0 0 0
2022 LAR 16 108 72 620 8.6 3 0 0 0 0
2023 LAR 15 70 47 495 10.5 2 0 0 0 0
2024 LAR 3 12 8 66 8.3 2 0 0 0 0
2025 LAR 10 39 27 326 12.1 3 0 0 0 0
ON PACE 45 176 122 1467 12.1 14 0 0 0 0
3-YEAR AVG 10 45 31 318 10.4 3 0 0 0 0
Totals 133 593 405 4154 10.3 28 1 1 1 0
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Week 1
ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ARI @KC 07:40 EDT EST
ATH vs TOR 03:05 EDT EST
ATL vs TB 07:15 EDT EST
BAL vs CLE 06:35 EDT EST
BOS vs LAA 06:45 EDT EST
CHC @MIL 07:40 EDT EST
CHW vs PIT 07:40 EDT EST
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST
COL @NYY 07:05 EDT EST
DET vs MIN 01:10 EDT EST
HOU @PHI 06:40 EDT EST
MIA vs NYM 06:40 EDT EST
SD vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST
SEA vs TEX 04:10 EDT EST
SF vs STL 03:45 EDT EST
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