Troy Franklin Week 8 Outlook - Panthers at Broncos

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 24th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Over the last two weeks, Franklin has stepped up as the WR2 in this offense with a 65% route share. He really stepped to the forefront last week with a team-leading 23.1% target share, a 31.7% air-yard share, and 2.38 YPRR. His first-read share was only at 10%, which was third on the team, but I think that can change, considering how well he earned volume last week with little first-read action and zero designed looks. Franklin is a sneaky flex play this week with substantial upside. Carolina has allowed the highest PPR points per target and the fourth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers. This secondary has also struggled to stop deep passing, allowing the eighth-highest deep passing yards, the seventh-highest passer rating to deep shots, and the fourth-highest CPOE to targets 20 yards or further downfield. 40% of Franklin's target volume has come via deep passing targets. He is second on the team in deep targets, behind only Courtland Sutton.