Colby Parkinson or Elijah Higgins: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Elijah Higgins in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 4.0 points and Elijah Higgins at 3.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.0 fantasy points for Colby Parkinson, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

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

Player markets imply 3.6 fantasy points for Elijah Higgins, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Elijah Higgins is 15 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (13, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.3 points ahead of Elijah Higgins on the market projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Elijah Higgins 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, Elijah Higgins played 37 percent of ARI snaps, drew 4 percent of the targets, earned 3 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Elijah Higgins, Week 2 against SEA: 13 of 50 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 3 against SF: 35 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Elijah Higgins, Week 4 against NYG: 24 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Elijah Higgins, Week 5 against DET: 39 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 3 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.

In 2025, Elijah Higgins played 17 games for ARI and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 92 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Colby Parkinson scored 14.1 PPR points and Elijah Higgins scored 5.8.

The call was right: Colby Parkinson outscored Elijah Higgins by 8.3.

Colby Parkinson finished 10.1 points above the 4.0 the market projected.

Colby Parkinson, Week 6 against ARI: 36 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown, 14.1 PPR points.

Colby Parkinson finished as the week's TE10 in PPR scoring.

Elijah Higgins finished 2.2 points above the 3.6 the market projected.

Elijah Higgins, Week 6 against LAR: 32 of 72 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 28 yards, 5.8 PPR points.

Elijah Higgins finished as the week's TE26 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

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