Start Colby Parkinson or Noah Fant? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Noah Fant in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 4.4 points and Noah Fant at 3.4, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

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).

Player markets imply 3.4 fantasy points for Noah Fant, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Noah Fant is 11 receiving yards and 1-2 receptions, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (3, 3 and 13 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 1.1 points ahead of Noah Fant on the market projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Noah Fant 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, Noah Fant played 50 percent of NO snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Fant, Week 1 against DET: 37 of 90 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown.

Noah Fant, Week 2 against BAL: 30 of 68 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Fant, Week 3 against LV: 42 of 74 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Noah Fant, Week 5 against MIN: 30 of 45 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 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, Noah Fant played 15 games for CIN and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 114 air yards.

He was on the field for 39 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 Cole Kmet over Noah Fant.
• Start Noah Fant over Elijah Higgins.