Nico Collins or Dallas Goedert: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dallas Goedert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 116.

What the sportsbooks 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.

The books have Dallas Goedert at 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 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.

Through Week 2, Dallas Goedert has been on the field for 54 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 77 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

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 Dallas Goedert played 15 games and scored 185.1 PPR points, 12.3 a game, finishing TE7.

He caught 60 of 82 targets for 591 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Dallas Goedert 12.3, 2.7 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 and Dallas Goedert TE7, which are two different ladders.

Nico Collins is a wide receiver and Dallas Goedert a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Nico Collins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Dallas Goedert is listed as doubtful on the injury report.