CeeDee Lamb or Nico Collins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 18.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 183 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 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 82 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 3 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 8 of 9 targets for 153 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 112 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 1 time for -6 yards, caught 17 of 21 targets for 189 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 0.7 a game between them.

CeeDee Lamb finished WR22 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 3 more targets than CeeDee Lamb, 120 to 117.

Nico Collins had 40 more receiving yards than CeeDee Lamb, 1117 to 1077.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 71 percent.

This season CeeDee Lamb holds the bigger target share, 32 percent against 29 percent.

Byes and availability

CeeDee Lamb is off in Week 14 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.9 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.