Nico Collins or Davante Adams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Nico Collins at 16.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 221 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 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 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 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Nico Collins was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Nico Collins 15.1, 0.8 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Nico Collins had 6 more targets than Davante Adams, 120 to 114.

Nico Collins had 328 more receiving yards than Davante Adams, 1117 to 789.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 71 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Davante Adams in Week 11, 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.