Should I start Nico Collins or J.K. Dobbins in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.7 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.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 6

Through Week 6, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 118 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Through Week 6, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 44 percent of DEN snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Nico Collins was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 3.5 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 and J.K. Dobbins RB43, which are two different ladders.

Nico Collins is a wide receiver and J.K. Dobbins a running back, 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 J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.