Nico Collins or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Nico Collins's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 34th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 3.5 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Parker Washington WR27.

Nico Collins had 25 more targets than Parker Washington, 120 to 95.

Nico Collins had 270 more receiving yards than Parker Washington, 1117 to 847.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 71 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 26 percent each.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.2 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.