Should I start Breece Hall or Nico Collins in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Breece Hall, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Breece Hall is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 3, Breece Hall has been on the field for 57 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 16 times for 29 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 13 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 23 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 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 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.

Breece Hall was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Breece Hall 13.0, 2.1 a game between them.

Breece Hall finished RB19 and Nico Collins WR8, which are two different ladders.

Breece Hall 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

Breece Hall is off in Week 13 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Breece Hall is listed as out on the injury report.