Start Mason Taylor or Colby Parkinson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Mason Taylor in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 6.5 points and Mason Taylor at 6.4, 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 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. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (5.5, 6.3 and 7.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 6.3 and 7.3 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.1 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Mason Taylor and NYJ host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 14.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against BUF.

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

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Mason Taylor played 59 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 6 against NE: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 7 against MIA: 37 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Mason Taylor, Week 8 against LV: 39 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 9 against KC: 40 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 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, Mason Taylor played 13 games for NYJ and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets and 235 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Darren Waller.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Darnell Washington over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Darren Waller.