Start Darnell Washington or Colby Parkinson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Darnell Washington at 7.2 points and Colby Parkinson at 6.5, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Colby Parkinson this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (6.7 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Darnell Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Colby Parkinson yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.2 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Darnell Washington 0.7 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Darnell Washington and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

Colby Parkinson and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI.

By points allowed to the position, Darnell Washington has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 56 of 79 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 7 against NO: 36 of 64 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 8 against CLE: 37 of 59 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 94 yards.

Through Week 9, Colby Parkinson played 65 percent of LAR snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Colby Parkinson, Week 5 against BUF: 53 of 82 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 6 against ARI: 36 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown.

Colby Parkinson, Week 7 against LV: 50 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards.

Colby Parkinson, Week 9 against WAS: 55 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Dalton Schultz over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Darren Waller.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Darren Waller.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.