Sit Colby Parkinson in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 5 projected points lands 2 under the TE starter line.
- Projection
- 5 pts
- TE rank
- #21
- Matchup
- vs LAC
Colby Parkinson's fantasy role in Week 8
Colby Parkinson goes into Week 8 of the 2026 season as a deep-league TE flyer for the LAR. He is rostered in 7% of leagues and actually started in 4% of them, and we rank him TE21 on our own weekly board at 5 projected points.
Roster rates are steady week over week, so his role looks settled rather than in flux.
No injury designation to work around right now, which keeps his projection honest.
Week 8 matchup breakdown
The matchup: vs LAC. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 1 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting TE baseline of 7 points, his 5-point projection is 2 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Colby Parkinson in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 5 projected points lands 2 under the TE starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another TE, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Colby Parkinson (LAR TE), our TE21 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season vs LAC, projecting 5.0 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally wants fireworks, and 2 points below a typical starter isn't fireworks. Only 7% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. 5 points is roughly 29% short of the TE baseline, and I rank on output, not name recognition. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Colby Parkinson (LAR TE), our TE21 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season vs LAC, projecting 5.0 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 2 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. LAC is the opponent, and that's the part of this I'm least worried about. Only 7% of leagues roster him, so this is cheap production before the price goes up. Tina keeps him at Mild until the usage says otherwise.