Start Eli Raridon or Colby Parkinson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Eli Raridon over Colby Parkinson in Week 9.

Colby Parkinson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Eli Raridon.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Colby Parkinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.0 and 6.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 4.2 and 6.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.4 touchdowns (6 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.4 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Colby Parkinson and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

WAS allowed 21.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 74 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Eli Raridon and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 33 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.

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

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as out with a ribs injury.

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Colby Parkinson played 63 percent of LAR snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

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

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.

Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 8 against MIA: 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 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 9 calls

• Start Charlie Kolar over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Kenyon Sadiq over Eli Raridon.