Start Evan Engram or Colby Parkinson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Evan Engram at 5.4 points and Colby Parkinson at 4.6, 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 Evan Engram this week yet, so his 5.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (5.1, 5.4 and 5.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 Evan Engram yet. His market-based projections were 5.1, 5.4 and 5.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

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).

That puts Evan Engram 0.8 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Evan Engram and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Evan Engram has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Evan Engram is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Evan Engram played 57 percent of DEN snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Evan Engram, Week 3 against LAR: 40 of 67 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 4 against SF: 44 of 65 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 5 against LAC: 30 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

Evan Engram, Week 6 against SEA: 31 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Evan Engram played 16 games for DEN and scored 102.8 PPR points, 6.4 a game, finishing TE29.

He caught 50 of 76 targets for 461 yards and 1 touchdown, with 10 red zone targets and 159 air yards.

He was on the field for 42 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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