Start Colby Parkinson or Noah Gray? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Colby Parkinson over Noah Gray in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Colby Parkinson at 4.4 points and Noah Gray at 4.1, a gap of 0.3. 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, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Noah Gray, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Noah Gray is 14 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 0.3 points ahead of Noah Gray on the market projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Noah Gray 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 4, Noah Gray played 58 percent of KC snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Noah Gray, Week 1 against DEN: 38 of 69 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 2 against IND: 40 of 80 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 3 against MIA: 33 of 52 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Noah Gray, Week 4 against LV: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 17 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 Gray played 16 games for KC and scored 38.8 PPR points, 2.4 a game, finishing TE59.

He caught 21 of 37 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 71 air yards.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Cole Kmet.
• Start Noah Gray over Cole Kmet.
• Start Noah Gray over Oronde Gadsden.