Mike Gesicki or Colby Parkinson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Gesicki at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 117th highest figure of the 220 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 220 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Gesicki: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 46 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 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

In 2025 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Colby Parkinson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colby Parkinson scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 3.2 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 that year and Colby Parkinson TE17.

Colby Parkinson had 14 more targets than Mike Gesicki, 56 to 42.

Colby Parkinson had 101 more receiving yards than Mike Gesicki, 408 to 307.

This season Colby Parkinson holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 46 percent.

This season Mike Gesicki holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

3.2 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.