Should I start Colby Parkinson or Trey McBride in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 4 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 65 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 12 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 9 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 53 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.

In 2025 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Colby Parkinson 8.7, 9.9 a game between them.

Colby Parkinson finished TE17 that year and Trey McBride TE1.

Trey McBride had 113 more targets than Colby Parkinson, 169 to 56.

Trey McBride had 831 more receiving yards than Colby Parkinson, 1239 to 408.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 62 percent.

This season Trey McBride holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Colby Parkinson.

What would change the answer

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