Troy Franklin WR

DEN — Week 2 vs JAX, who allow the 14th-most points to WRs — recently Denzel Boston put up 11.9 on them (W1).

Week 1 recap: Troy Franklin

0.5 PPR points against KC on 1 car, 5 yd · 0/1 rec, 0 yd — right on his 2.7 projection (-2.2). The week 2 outlook below reflects it — projections, values and form all rebuilt nightly.

Should you start Troy Franklin this week?

Troy Franklin projects 2.4 PPR points in week 2 vs JAX — the 14th-ranked matchup for WRs, averaging 0.5 over his last three. Start him if that clears your other options at WR — run the exact head-to-head in Start/Sit below, or jump straight to a comparison.

The week 2 angle vs JAX: 205 passing yards a game allowed (9.32/attempt) · 1 TDs/gm through the air · 1 INTs/gm — all of it adding up to the 14th-most fantasy points allowed to WRs. Receipts and the full profile: how JAX defends WRs, linked under The matchup below.

· No usage trend on file
Week 1 vs KC: 0.5 pts · 1 car · 1 tgt · 17 snaps
Trend reads volume — snaps, targets and carries — not fantasy points, which swing on touchdowns.
Week 2 proj
2.4
PPR · 1.5 std
Matchup
14th
JAX vs WRs
Form
0.5
PPR pts/gm, last 3 played

Usage & TD luck (2026 · 2 games): 33% offensive snaps · 1.5 targets/game, 5.3% target share · 23% air-yard share (aDOT 21.3) · 0.5 catches for 13.5 yards/game, 0 TD. 2025 baseline (17 games): 59.6% offensive snaps, 6.1 targets/game, 18.2% target share, 28% air-yard share (aDOT 12.7), 3.8 catches for 41.7 yards/game, 6 TD. (2025) TD luck: 6 scored vs 6.7 expected — neutral. Usage moves before production — snaps and share shifts are the earliest real signal.

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Upcoming schedule & projections

WkOppStd½ PPRPPRMatchup
W2vs JAX Sun, Sep 20 1.51.92.4 14th
W3vs LAR Sun, Sep 27 1.01.31.6 4th · soft
W4@ SF Sun, Oct 4 1.11.31.6 28th · tough
W5@ LAC Sun, Oct 11 0.91.21.4 19th
W6vs SEA Thu, Oct 15 0.91.11.4 30th · tough
W7@ ARI Sun, Oct 25 1.11.31.6 16th

The matchup

Game log

WkOppStd½ PPRPPR
W1KC1 car, 5 yd · 0/1 rec, 0 yd 0.50.50.5
All numbers are the 2026 season, refreshed nightly. Matchup ranks read 1–32, where 1st allows the most points to the position — the matchup you want.