Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Colby Parkinson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Rodriguez Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 5.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Colby Parkinson at 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 145th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 27 percent of JAX snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against DEN he carried 6 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he carried 8 times for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 6 times for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

The season feed carries no line for Chris Rodriguez Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Side by side

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is a running back and Colby Parkinson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Colby Parkinson.

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.