Start Kyle Pitts Sr. or Colby Parkinson? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Colby Parkinson in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Kyle Pitts Sr. at 8.5 points and Colby Parkinson at 4.6, a gap of 3.8. 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 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).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Kyle Pitts Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyle Pitts Sr. is 36 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (3, 3 and 6 market sources).

That puts Kyle Pitts Sr. 3.8 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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.

Kyle Pitts Sr. and ATL host SF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

SF allowed 9.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 42 yards and no touchdowns a game against SF.

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

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Kyle Pitts Sr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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, 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, Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games for ATL and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 528 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards, 11.8 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 49 of 53 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 3.6 PPR points.

Kyle Pitts Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against ARI: 67 of 77 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over AJ Barner.
• Start Kyle Pitts Sr. over Cade Otton.
• Start Colston Loveland over Kyle Pitts Sr..