Nico Collins or Fernando Mendoza: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 26, 2026 at 5:51 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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WR75 · HOU · bye 8
2025 vs rec yds line 7-8
- Overall rank
- 193
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
QB33 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 194
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size222 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Fernando Mendoza: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 144.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Nico Collins, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Fernando Mendoza, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 1
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.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Fernando Mendoza this season.
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.
Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Side by side
Nico Collins is a wide receiver and Fernando Mendoza a quarterback, 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 Fernando Mendoza in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Nico Collins is listed as out on the injury report.
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