Start Mason Taylor or Colby Parkinson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Mason Taylor over Colby Parkinson in Week 9.

Colby Parkinson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Mason Taylor.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Colby Parkinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.0 and 6.7 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 5.5 and 6.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.2 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Colby Parkinson and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

WAS allowed 21.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 74 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Mason Taylor and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.

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

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as out with a ribs injury.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Colby Parkinson played 63 percent of LAR snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Colby Parkinson, Week 7 against LV: 50 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 48 yards.

Through Week 8, Mason Taylor played 57 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 5 against CLE: 41 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

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: 5 targets and 3 catches for 19 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 9 calls

• Start Charlie Kolar over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Eli Raridon over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Mason Taylor.
• Start Darren Waller over Mason Taylor.