Colby Parkinson or Seth McGowan: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colby Parkinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Seth McGowan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Colby Parkinson's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 173 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Seth McGowan is 3.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Colby Parkinson has been on the field for 62 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Seth McGowan has been on the field for 18 percent of IND snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 4 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 6 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 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.

Seth McGowan is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Seth McGowan is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.