AJ Barner or Colby Parkinson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 136th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Colby Parkinson at 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 154th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, AJ Barner has been on the field for 87 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Colby Parkinson has been on the field for 61 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Colby Parkinson played 15 games and scored 129.8 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE17.

He caught 43 of 56 targets for 408 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 20 red zone targets.

That came to 3.7 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 9.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 8.7 PPR points a game.

AJ Barner finished TE14 that year and Colby Parkinson TE17.

AJ Barner had 12 more targets than Colby Parkinson, 68 to 56.

AJ Barner had 111 more receiving yards than Colby Parkinson, 519 to 408.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 61 percent.

This season AJ Barner holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

1.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.