Colby Parkinson

With Week 15 of the fantasy football season nearly done, Colby Parkinson and Michael Carter stand out as top waiver-wire targets.

One of his touchdown catches was one of the weirdest non-overturns you'll ever see, where even FOX's Dean Blandino appeared confused as to why Parkinson was not ruled short of the goal line. Nevertheless! Parkinson has now caught six touchdowns in six games, a stretch that roughly coincides with Tyler Higbee heading to IR and the Rams losing one mouth to feed from what had been a four-headed TE hydra. Nothing about what Parkinson is doing on the field looks Film Room Impressive, but the way Stafford is slinging it in the red zone and the safety of the role brings up hints of early-season Jake Ferguson. Parkinson should remain on the low-end TE1 landscape against the Seahawks on short rest Thursday.

Allen finished with 54 snaps, just behind Terrance Ferguson (1/6 with a missed connection deep shot) at 56 for the lead amongst non-Colby Parkinson tight ends. It feels like Ferguson is the more likely of the two to erupt in any given week, while Allen is the one that delivers this floor that's slightly above ground. You don't want this floor for fantasy purposes. But here it is.

Stafford was nearly pick-sixed on his first drive when Aidan Hutchinson read a screen and took a target for Colby Parkinson back 58 yards into the Rams' red zone. But the MVP leader in the clubhouse led the Rams to scores on three of his other four first-half drives, then quickly pushed the Rams to a 10-point lead with a 39-yard toss to Puka Nacua that led to a Blake Corum sideline scamper to put the Rams up 34-24. It probably wasn't one of Stafford's best games of the season, and he did leave a few throws out there, but that just meant he *merely* threw for 368 yards. Stafford will be in one of his toughest spots of the season on a short-week road trip to Seattle, but his red zone excellence has made his floor pretty sound in the QB1 tiers all year.

He added two rushes for eight yards. Luckily for the Rams, Matthew Stafford calmly followed up with a touchdown toss to Colby Parkinson to push the lead to two scores after Nacua briefly left with cramps. Nacua didn't have a red zone target, but otherwise, nothing fantasy managers will want to point to with any derision here. He crushed on the outside, on the inside, and had the Lions corners in a blender all day. He'll be on the WR1 line against the Seahawks next week assuming everything checks out with the cramps, and with Davante Adams (hamstring) potentially sidelined as well, Nacua will be a big favorite to lead the team in air yardage, targets, and catches.