Start Colby Parkinson or Tommy Tremble? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tommy Tremble over Colby Parkinson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tommy Tremble at 4.8 points and Colby Parkinson at 4.4, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tommy Tremble this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (5.5 and 4.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tommy Tremble yet. His market-based projections were 5.5 and 4.2 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Tommy Tremble a 12% chance to score a touchdown (8 market sources).

That puts Tommy Tremble 0.4 points ahead of Colby Parkinson on these projections.

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Tommy Tremble is listed as questionable with a ribs injury.

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, Tommy Tremble played 52 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 1 against CHI: 38 of 68 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 2 against ATL: 37 of 66 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 3 against CLE: 37 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 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, Tommy Tremble played 17 games for CAR and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 85 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 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 AJ Barner over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Darnell Washington over Tommy Tremble.