Start Eli Raridon or Colby Parkinson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 4.6 points and Eli Raridon at 3.9, 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 4.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (5.3 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Colby Parkinson yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 4.0 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Colby Parkinson is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.9 fantasy points for Eli Raridon, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 14 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.7 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Colby Parkinson and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 17.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

Eli Raridon and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CHI.

By points allowed to the position, Colby Parkinson has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Colby Parkinson played 62 percent of LAR snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon played 51 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 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 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Austin Hooper.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.