Should I start Nico Collins or Jonathan Taylor in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.9 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 Jonathan Taylor is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. 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, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 49 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Nico Collins 15.1, 6.2 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Nico Collins is a wide receiver and Jonathan Taylor 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 Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.