Colby Parkinson or Mason Taylor: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Colby Parkinson at 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 151st highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Mason Taylor at 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 160th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mason Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 2, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 55 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against GB he was not given the ball.

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 9.5 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Mason Taylor played 13 games and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Colby Parkinson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colby Parkinson scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 1.8 a game between them.

Colby Parkinson finished TE17 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Mason Taylor had 9 more targets than Colby Parkinson, 65 to 56.

Colby Parkinson had 39 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 408 to 369.

This season Colby Parkinson holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 55 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 5 percent each.

Byes and availability

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.