Start Darren Waller or Colby Parkinson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Darren Waller in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 6.5 points and Darren Waller at 5.7, a gap of 0.8. 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. No player market is posted for Darren Waller this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (6.4, 6.0 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Darren Waller yet. His market-based projections were 6.4, 6.0 and 4.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.8 points ahead of Darren Waller on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Darren Waller and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 16.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 65 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Darren Waller has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Darren Waller is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Darren Waller played 49 percent of CAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Darren Waller, Week 6 against PHI: 36 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 7 against TB: 25 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 50 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darren Waller, Week 8 against GB: 45 of 73 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 9 against DEN: 35 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Darren Waller played 9 games for MIA and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 210 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

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