Start Colby Parkinson or Eli Raridon? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 4.4 points and Eli Raridon at 3.6, 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 Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 3.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.7 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Colby Parkinson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colby Parkinson is 14 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (9, 9 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 3.6, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Eli Raridon a 17% chance to score a touchdown (10 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.8 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Colby Parkinson played 62 percent of LAR snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 5 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.

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

Through Week 5, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 1 against SEA: 38 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 2 against PIT: 11 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 30 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Cole Kmet.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.
• Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins.