Start Chig Okonkwo or Colby Parkinson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Chig Okonkwo at 6.6 points and Colby Parkinson at 5.2, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.6 fantasy points for Chig Okonkwo, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Chig Okonkwo at 24.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (3, 4 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for Colby Parkinson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market has Colby Parkinson at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Chig Okonkwo 1.4 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on the market projections.

Injury status

Chig Okonkwo is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Chig Okonkwo played 57 percent of WAS snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 1 against PHI: 39 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 4 against IND: 37 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Through Week 3, Colby Parkinson played 61 percent of LAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Colby Parkinson, Week 1 against SF: 47 of 61 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 2 against NYG: 44 of 62 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 3 against DEN: 37 of 86 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chig Okonkwo played 17 games for TEN and scored 124.0 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing TE21.

He caught 56 of 79 targets for 560 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 218 air yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chig Okonkwo, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 5 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

In 2025, Colby Parkinson played 15 games for LAR 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 and 137 air yards.

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

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Chig Okonkwo over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.