Should I start Malik Nabers or Nico Collins in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Malik Nabers's market-based projection is 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

Nico Collins's market-based projection is 14.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 76 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 70 targets have averaged 11.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 12 of 15 targets for 165 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 111 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 34 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Nico Collins was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Malik Nabers 14.3, 0.8 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 85 more targets than Malik Nabers, 120 to 35.

Nico Collins had 846 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 1117 to 271.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 71 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.