Mike Evans or Nico Collins: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Nico Collins at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Mike Evans has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 12.6 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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 4.5 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 59 more targets than Mike Evans, 120 to 61.

Nico Collins had 749 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 1117 to 368.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 57 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 25 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

2.6 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.