Nico Collins or Tank Bigsby: 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 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tank Bigsby: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

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 books have Tank Bigsby at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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, Tank Bigsby has been on the field for 24 percent of PHI snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 1 time for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 13 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 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 Tank Bigsby played 17 games and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.

He carried 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 3.7 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tank Bigsby was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Tank Bigsby 3.2, 11.9 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 and Tank Bigsby RB69, which are two different ladders.

Nico Collins is a wide receiver and Tank Bigsby a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Tank Bigsby in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Nico Collins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Tank Bigsby is listed as questionable on the injury report.