Should I start Drake London or Nico Collins in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Drake London's market-based projection is 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Nico Collins's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake London, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Drake London has been on the field for 89 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 4 of 10 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 7 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Through Week 7, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 34 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 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.

Nico Collins was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Nico Collins 15.1, 1.7 a game between them.

Drake London finished WR19 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 8 more targets than Drake London, 120 to 112.

Nico Collins had 198 more receiving yards than Drake London, 1117 to 919.

This season Drake London holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 71 percent.

This season Drake London holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Drake London is off in Week 11 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drake London is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.6 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.