Colby Parkinson
TE - Los Angeles Rams
Availability
Over the last two weeks, Colby Parkinson has been the TE11 and TE5 in weekly scoring, and he could easily stack another TE1 finish this week. Since Week 14, Parkinson has had a 63.9% route share, a 17.4% target share, 53.5 receiving yards per game, 2.33 yards per route run, and a 16.4% first-read share. In those two games, he has seen a whopping seven red zone targets and two deep targets with three touchdowns. Seattle has been a good matchup for tight ends this season, giving up the ninth-most yards per target and the sixth-most fantasy points per game to the position. Parkinson is a STRONG TE1 this week. I expect Matthew Stafford to lean on him as the second option in the passing attack behind Puka Nacua with Davante Adams out.
Colby Parkinson recorded career-highs with 5 receptions for 75 yards and 2 touchdowns in Week 15 (7 targets).
The Rams tight end has accumulated 6 receiving touchdowns over his last 6 games (Weeks 10-15), tied for the most in the NFL during that span with teammate Davante Adams. Rookie Terrance Ferguson doesn't show up in the box score, but he had multiple chances to score on his limited targets (three targets). Also ran a season-high in routes (73%)
Colby Parkinson is a fantastic streaming candidate for the rest of the season, whom you could sneak through waivers for cheaper than you should be able to. In Week 15, Parkinson parlayed an 18.4% target share into 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Over the next three weeks, Parkinson has dates against Seattle and Arizona, who, respectively, have allowed the sixth-most and eighth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.