Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Colby Parkinson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 107th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Colby Parkinson's market-based projection is 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colby Parkinson, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 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 10 yards a catch.

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

Pat Freiermuth was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Colby Parkinson scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 2.0 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 that year and Colby Parkinson TE17.

Colby Parkinson had 2 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 56 to 54.

Pat Freiermuth had 78 more receiving yards than Colby Parkinson, 486 to 408.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 62 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Colby Parkinson.

What would change the answer

1.0 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.