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

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

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.

The player markets price Kyle Williams at 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

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

This season so far

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 2, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 18 percent of NE snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 12.2 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Nico Collins had 99 more targets than Kyle Williams, 120 to 21.

Nico Collins had 908 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 1117 to 209.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 18 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Nico Collins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Nico Collins is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.