Should I start Amon-Ra St. Brown or Nico Collins in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Amon-Ra St. Brown's market-based projection is 20.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Nico Collins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 8 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

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

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 5 of 7 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 1 time for 5 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Nico Collins 15.1, 4.0 a game between them.

Amon-Ra St. Brown finished WR3 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 52 more targets than Nico Collins, 172 to 120.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 284 more receiving yards than Nico Collins, 1401 to 1117.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 71 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Amon-Ra St. Brown is off in Week 6 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Nico Collins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.