Should I start Nico Collins or DJ Moore in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for DJ Moore is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Nico Collins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 1 time for 5 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, DJ Moore has been on the field for 55 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 15.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against MIN he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 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 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

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

DJ Moore was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 5.1 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and DJ Moore WR35.

Nico Collins had 35 more targets than DJ Moore, 120 to 85.

Nico Collins had 435 more receiving yards than DJ Moore, 1117 to 682.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 55 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.