Best Ball Guy said he is leaning toward Troy Franklin as the Denver rookie receiver to target in the final rounds of Best Ball Mania. After pulling up PlayerProfiler numbers he highlighted Franklin’s 12.6-yard average depth of target and eight red-zone looks, arguing those two stats give Franklin far more week-winning upside than fellow rookie Devon Vele. Vele does edge Franklin in yards per route run (1.64 vs 1.04), route-win rate (42.7% vs 37%), and earned a +33 EPA compared to Franklin’s ‑13, but Best Ball Guy believes BBM’s top-heavy payout structure rewards chasing Franklin’s boom-or-bust profile. With Sean Payton historically rotating wideouts and the WR2 spot behind Courtland Sutton wide-open, he is comfortable scooping Franklin on Bo Nix teams or any draft that needs late exposure to a potential down-field play-maker.

Colm Kelly grabbed Troy Franklin in the 20th as a stack-correlated upside dart with earlier QB pick Bo Nix. Kelly said Franklin’s ADP has flat-lined because the market worries about Denver’s depth chart, but he believes camp news could rocket the rookie into the teens— especially if Joe Flacco earns early-season starts and pepper-throws the outside. Franklin’s 4.41 speed and 2.9 collegiate yards per route give him a unique ceiling that simply does not exist among the dusty veterans still on the board. The click also protects their Jerry Jeudy shares, letting any Broncos breakout funnel points into this roster no matter which receiver emerges.

Mathology flagged rookie wide-out Troy Franklin as his favorite ninth-receiver dart when he is already loading up on Kansas City pieces. The logic is simple: Best Ball playoff weeks often hinge on correlated shootouts, and the Broncos-Chiefs Week-17 matchup checks that box. Franklin currently costs nothing in the final rounds, yet early coach speak out of Denver has praised his vertical route running and willingness to play special teams—both signals that he will be active on game day. Mathology likes parking that long-term upside on Chiefs-heavy builds because one busted coverage from Russell Wilson (or whoever is under center) could give Franklin the 60-yard TD that lets those stacks lap the field in the gauntlet.