Start Tommy Tremble or Colby Parkinson? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Tommy Tremble over Colby Parkinson in Week 9.

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

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.

Player markets imply 4.4 fantasy points for Tommy Tremble, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tommy Tremble is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

That puts Colby Parkinson 1.0 points ahead of Tommy Tremble on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

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

WAS allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 75 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against WAS.

Tommy Tremble and CAR host DEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DEN allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 7th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 68 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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

Injury status

Colby Parkinson is listed as out with a ribs injury.

Tommy Tremble 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, Tommy Tremble played 56 percent of CAR snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Tommy Tremble, Week 4 against DET: 38 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 6 against PHI: 54 of 79 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tommy Tremble, Week 7 against TB: 27 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Tommy Tremble, Week 8 against GB: 44 of 73 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch 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, 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 9 calls

• Start Charlie Kolar over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Eli Raridon over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Evan Engram over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Tommy Tremble.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Tommy Tremble.