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Should I start Colby Parkinson or Garrett Wilson in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:41 PM ET.

Start Garrett Wilson: 96 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Colby Parkinson's 56 percent of the snaps and 7 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Colby Parkinson for Garrett Wilson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Colby Parkinson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

TE15 · LAR · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection
6.0 pts a game

WR44 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
15.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
123

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colby Parkinson, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Garrett Wilson, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Colby Parkinson's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Garrett Wilson is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Garrett Wilson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Colby Parkinson has been on the field for 62 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 7 of 11 targets for 104 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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 10 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colby Parkinson was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Colby Parkinson 8.7, 5.6 a game between them.

Colby Parkinson finished TE17 and Garrett Wilson WR62, which are two different ladders.

Colby Parkinson is a tight end and Garrett Wilson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Colby Parkinson.

What would change the answer

Garrett Wilson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Colby Parkinson for Garrett Wilson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Garrett Wilson projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Colby Parkinson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Garrett Wilson for Colby Parkinson?

    No. Keep Garrett Wilson: he projects 161 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 10 games), Colby Parkinson 53 (5.3 a game over 10 games).

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