Sunday marked the Rams' first game since losing WR Davante Adams to a hamstring injury, and they ran a lot of "13" personnel. That's the three-TE alignment the offense has become known for over the past two years, and L.A. ran it on a league-high 43% of plays in Sunday's win over the Raiders. Their 51% rate of 2+ TEs ranked sixth, and both rates marked increases vs. their season numbers. That meant 50+ snaps for Tyler Higbee, Colby Parkinson, and Davis Allen, putting the trio behind only QB Matthew Stafford and WR Puka Nacua in total playing time. Higbee led the trio in routes at 18, 56.3% of Stafford's total dropbacks. Parkinson followed at 14 (43.8%), with Allen at 12 (37.5%). Parkinson led the group with 6 targets, 5 catches, and 48 yards, ranking second on the team in all three categories (behind Nacua). Allen tallied 4 catches for 20 yards on 5 targets, while Higbee managed just 2 catches for 14 yards on 3 targets. No other Ram beat any of the TEs in targets.
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Expect the TEs to stay heavily involved as long as Adams is out, and the short end of his timeline would return him around Week 12.
TE Terrance Ferguson should return before Adams but isn't expected to be ready for Week 8, which should leave Higbee, Parkinson, and Allen as the somewhat unpredictable trio.
Parkinson missed Week 4. Target counts have looked like this for three games since:
| Week | Higbee | Parkinson | Allen |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
So Parkinson leads the trio in targets and scored in Week 6. Allen snagged a pair of TDs against the Raiders, though.
Higbee has led the group in routes each time, though. He beat Parkinson by 11 routes in Week 6 -- when Allen played limited snaps -- and ran 36 to Parkson's 20 and Allen's 14 in Week 5.
In short, this doesn't look like a situation we can project with confidence week to week.
Don't be surprised if Parkinson gets a Week 8 boost after two straight games of receiving leads. But also don't be surprised if you happen to not play the high scorer in a given week.
Ferguson will lead Rams TEs in upside once his sprained ankle's ready to go.
