Start Pat Freiermuth or Colby Parkinson? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Pat Freiermuth over Colby Parkinson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Pat Freiermuth at 7.5 points and Colby Parkinson at 6.5, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (8.3 and 6.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Pat Freiermuth yet. His market-based projections were 8.3 and 6.6 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Pat Freiermuth is 0.3 touchdowns (11 market sources).

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.

That puts Pat Freiermuth 1.0 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Pat Freiermuth and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

CIN allowed 16.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 89 yards and no touchdowns a game against CIN.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Pat Freiermuth has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Pat Freiermuth is not on the injury report.

Colby Parkinson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Pat Freiermuth played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 5 against IND: 41 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 44 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 6 against TB: 57 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 7 against NO: 34 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Pat Freiermuth, Week 8 against CLE: 31 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Pat Freiermuth played 17 games for PIT and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 231 air yards.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Pat Freiermuth over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Pat Freiermuth.
• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darnell Washington over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Darren Waller.