Nico Collins or Jacoby Brissett: who to draft first

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 116.

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.

The player markets price Jacoby Brissett at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 44th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

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.

Through Week 1, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 39 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 5 of 39 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against LAC he completed 27 of 37 passes for 277 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 17 yards.

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 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

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

Nico Collins was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

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

Nico Collins finished WR8 and Jacoby Brissett QB16, which are two different ladders.

Nico Collins is a wide receiver and Jacoby Brissett 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 Jacoby Brissett in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Nico Collins is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Nico Collins has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.