Should I start Tetairoa McMillan or Colby Parkinson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tetairoa McMillan, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 85 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 86 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 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 15 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tetairoa McMillan scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Colby Parkinson 8.7, 3.8 a game between them.

Tetairoa McMillan finished WR16 and Colby Parkinson TE17, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Tetairoa McMillan is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Colby Parkinson.

What would change the answer

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