Start Colby Parkinson or Jeremy Ruckert? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jeremy Ruckert over Colby Parkinson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jeremy Ruckert at 4.5 points and Colby Parkinson at 4.4, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jeremy Ruckert this week yet, so his 4.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (5.3 and 3.8); 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 Jeremy Ruckert yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 3.8 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 4.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Jeremy Ruckert a 8% chance to score a touchdown (9 market sources).

That puts Jeremy Ruckert 0.1 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Jeremy Ruckert 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, Jeremy Ruckert played 39 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 1 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 2 against GB: 25 of 74 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 5 yards.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 3 against DET: 28 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 39 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 4 against CHI: 14 of 32 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jeremy Ruckert, Week 5 against CLE: 23 of 70 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Jeremy Ruckert played 17 games for NYJ and scored 46.9 PPR points, 2.8 a game, finishing TE56.

He caught 23 of 29 targets for 179 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets and 80 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 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 Gunnar Helm over Jeremy Ruckert.