Start Juwan Johnson or Colby Parkinson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Juwan Johnson over Colby Parkinson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Juwan Johnson at 7.6 points and Colby Parkinson at 6.5, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Juwan Johnson this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (8.2 and 6.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Colby Parkinson this week yet, so his 6.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (6.7 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Juwan Johnson yet. His market-based projections were 8.2 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Colby Parkinson yet. His market-based projections were 6.7 and 6.2 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 6.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Juwan Johnson 1.1 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Juwan Johnson and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 14.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 47 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CAR.

Colby Parkinson and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 16.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 9th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI.

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

Injury status

Juwan Johnson is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Juwan Johnson played 65 percent of NO snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Juwan Johnson, Week 5 against MIN: 29 of 45 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 16 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 6 against NYG: 42 of 72 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 7 against PIT: 32 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Juwan Johnson, Week 9 against CLE: 40 of 75 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Colby Parkinson played 65 percent of LAR snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Colby Parkinson, Week 9 against WAS: 55 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 13 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Juwan Johnson played 17 games for NO and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 527 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 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 10 calls

• Start Juwan Johnson over AJ Barner.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Brenton Strange.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Juwan Johnson.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Darren Waller.