Should I start Nico Collins or Jakobi Meyers in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jakobi Meyers, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Jakobi Meyers is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 75 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 65 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 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

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

Jakobi Meyers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Jakobi Meyers 11.0, 4.1 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Jakobi Meyers WR32.

Nico Collins had 10 more targets than Jakobi Meyers, 120 to 110.

Nico Collins had 282 more receiving yards than Jakobi Meyers, 1117 to 835.

This season Jakobi Meyers holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 71 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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