Kyle Monangai or Nico Collins: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 114.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Kyle Monangai at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Nico Collins at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kyle Monangai's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 38 percent of CHI snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 10 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kyle Monangai was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 6.5 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Nico Collins WR8, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Nico Collins a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Nico Collins is listed as questionable on the injury report.