Colby Parkinson vs Hunter Henry: Who Should You Start?
Two tight ends who will land on plenty of the same rosters in 2026. Colby Parkinson (Los Angeles Rams) finished the 2025 season averaging 7.2 fantasy points per game in 15 games. Hunter Henry (New England Patriots) came in at 8.8 PPG over 17 games. The gap is real but not insurmountable with the right matchup.
Hunter Henry carries a 1.6-point PPG advantage from the 2025 season. That baseline matters, but it is one input among several. Matchup difficulty, scoring trends, and injury reports move the needle week to week, which is why the best answer changes depending on when you are asking.
Hunter Henry is the volume tight end in this matchup with 60 receptions for 768 yards, while Colby Parkinson profiles as a more touchdown-dependent spike play (8 scores on 43 catches). In weeks where Colby Parkinson finds the end zone he out-scores Hunter Henry, but the floor gap is real.
Colby Parkinson has his bye in Week 6, and Hunter Henry rests in Week 14. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at tight end for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
