Calvin Ridley or Nico Collins: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 177.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 155th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The books have Nico Collins at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 2, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Nico Collins has been on the field for 72 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 12.0 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 8.3 a game between them.

Calvin Ridley finished WR116 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 84 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 120 to 36.

Nico Collins had 814 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 1117 to 303.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 63 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Calvin Ridley is off in Week 9 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Nico Collins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Nico Collins is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.