Two players, one answer.
Colby Parkinson vs Jonnu Smith
Any league · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Jonnu Smith by 6% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Colby Parkinson by 47% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 71% held up in 2025
Start Colby Parkinson
On Sleeper's projections, Colby Parkinson is projected 4.7 points ahead of Jonnu Smith. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 71% of the time.
TE · LAR
Colby Parkinson
6.7 projected
vs LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
5.1 a game this season · last 3: 1.3, 14.1, 9.8
TE · GB
Jonnu Smith
2.0 projected
vs CAR · Thu 8:15 PM ET
3.9 a game this season · last 3: 3.6, 2.9, 1.9
What the call rests on
- Colby Parkinson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Jonnu Smith: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 2:30 AM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 AM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 2:40 AM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Parkinson | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 6.7 | 2 |
| Half PPR | 5.3 | 1.6 |
| Standard | 4 | 1.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Jonnu Smith plays first (Thu 8:15 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Colby Parkinson's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.