Should I start DK Metcalf or Nico Collins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DK Metcalf, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 209 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 2.6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 20 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 64 targets have averaged 12.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 11 of 15 targets for 93 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he caught 2 of 6 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CLE he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and DK Metcalf 12.5, 2.6 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 21 more targets than DK Metcalf, 120 to 99.

Nico Collins had 267 more receiving yards than DK Metcalf, 1117 to 850.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 71 percent.

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Nico Collins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.