Should I start Nico Collins or Rashee Rice in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 3.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 8, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Nico Collins was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Nico Collins 15.1, 3.7 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

Nico Collins had 42 more targets than Rashee Rice, 120 to 78.

Nico Collins had 546 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1117 to 571.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 64 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.