Nico Collins or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Nico Collins at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 12.6 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.

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

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 2.2 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 4 more targets than Nico Collins, 124 to 120.

Nico Collins had 100 more receiving yards than Courtland Sutton, 1117 to 1017.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 71 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.1 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.