Aaron Jones Sr. or Nico Collins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Nico Collins at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 25th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 69 percent of MIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 12 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 10 targets for 75 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 118 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Nico Collins played 15 games and scored 226.2 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing WR8.

He caught 71 of 120 targets for 1117 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 8.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 15.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Nico Collins was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 5.2 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Nico Collins WR8, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Nico Collins a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.