Troy Franklin Emerging as Denver Broncos' New Top Target

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00:00All right, so the Denver Broncos, of course,

00:02that show was supposed to be Bo Nix to Cortland Sutton.

00:05And while Sutton's doing okay,

00:07it looks like Bo Nix has found another target

00:09in the form of Troy Franklin.

00:12And, George, this is not like four catches,

00:1450 yards, and a touchdown.

00:16I mean, look at these numbers from last week.

00:18Nine targets, eight catches, 89 yards, and a score.

00:23I'm not really sure who we thought the wide receiver, too,

00:25would be on the Denver Broncos going into the season.

00:28But, boy, Franklin, the hottest pickup off the waiver wire this week.

00:31No doubt about that.

00:33Yeah, he went in the ball.

00:34Every league I went in, I don't think he was drafted

00:36in any of those leagues, by the way.

00:37But he was a hot ball.

00:39Waiver wire pickup for everybody.

00:40They're playing the Chargers this week.

00:42All right, so it's going to be a good game,

00:44more of a low-scoring game here.

00:45So I don't know if I'm going to be thrilled

00:46about starting him this week here.

00:48But I think he was a pickup worth adding here.

00:51I think Sutton, you can make an argument here,

00:53depending on how deep you are at wide receiver,

00:55I don't want to start him this week.

00:56I need to see a little bit more here.

00:57Bo Nix has been not quite, you know,

01:01once again, maybe a slow start to the season.

01:02It's like it was last year where he's going to build up here.

01:04But right now, I'm not thrilled about starting something.

01:06I probably will have to.

01:08We start three wide receivers.

01:09We've got to flex.

01:10You may not have a choice here.

01:11But I'm not really loving what I'm seeing from Sutton right now.

01:14You're not dropping him, by the way.

01:16But I do wonder if, depending on what I said,

01:18what your roster depth is if you want to start him.

01:20And I'd rather go in a different direction,

01:21especially this week.

01:23At tight end, the Cowboys, you know,

01:24played the longest game maybe of the year.

01:26We don't know unless there's a tie,

01:28because that thing went right down to the end.

01:29So I think some of these numbers, George,

01:31a little bit inflated with Jake Ferguson.

01:33Nine catches, 78 yards, was a bigger part of the offense.

01:37But a lot of those offensive numbers for both sides,

01:39I think, got out of control in overtime.

01:42But look, still, I mean,

01:43you do have underperforming tight ends in fantasy.

01:45Ferguson was thought to be a back end,

01:47tight end one, if not tight end two.

01:49Do you change any thoughts on that?

01:51Not that you put it perfectly.

01:52That's what he was coming into the season, right?

01:54You're top 10, top 12.

01:56You know, he's right around there.

01:57When Dak is healthy, Dak does use him.

01:59And sort of what I said about Javante Williams

02:01applies to Ferguson as well.

02:02No one's worried about him.

02:04All right?

02:04They're worried about pickings.

02:05They're worried about land.

02:06They're worried about dying by the long pass here.

02:08Not the guy, slow guy over the middle.

02:09All right?

02:10So yeah, I think Ferguson, once again,

02:12I probably want him over Njoku right now, right?

02:14Njoku's not doing anything.

02:15You want him over Engram right now.

02:16So he's climbing up the charts here.

02:18You know, I don't know.

02:19He's not going to be top five.

02:20That would be very surprising.

02:21But do I think he ends up being a tight end one

02:23at season's end?

02:24Top 10?

02:25Absolutely.

02:25So a good, solid guy,

02:27but he's really going to be a weekly winner for you.

02:30Oh, I want him because Ferguson had eight catches,

02:32120 yards and two touchdowns.

02:34You're not going to get Travis Kelsey

02:35in his prime numbers here,

02:36but he probably won't disappoint you much either.

02:39So the Harold Fannin of last week,

02:41his name this week is Jatavian Sanders,

02:43the tight end of the Carolina Panthers.

02:45This is the kind of guy that could still be very well

02:47on your waiver wire right now.

02:49But we'll check back next week on this guy, George.

02:51If he has another nice week,

02:52I think there's something there.

02:53Also keep in mind,

02:54Carolina was down very big in this game

02:57and just kept getting the ball back

02:58and the ball back

02:59and the penalties and the ball back.

03:00And they almost came back and won this game.

03:02I'm going to pause on him.

03:03I'll wait to see what he does this week.

03:06Agreed.

03:06I agree with the whole holiday there.

03:07I probably need to see it happen again

03:09before jumping in on him.

03:10But like I said,

03:10we are having some problems

03:12with our lower end tight ends

03:13who aren't producing right now.

03:14Maybe he is worth a little flyer.

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