Chris Olave or Nico Collins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Nico Collins at 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 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 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Chris Olave was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Nico Collins 15.1, 1.7 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Chris Olave had 36 more targets than Nico Collins, 156 to 120.

Chris Olave had 46 more receiving yards than Nico Collins, 1163 to 1117.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 71 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.