Should I start Tim Patrick or Nico Collins in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tim Patrick, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Nico Collins, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Tim Patrick, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Nico Collins is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Tim Patrick has been on the field for 60 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he was not given the ball.

Through Week 9, Nico Collins has been on the field for 71 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against LAC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 55 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tim Patrick played 16 games and scored 51.7 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing WR107.

He caught 15 of 24 targets for 187 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 31 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.

Tim Patrick was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Tim Patrick 3.2, 11.8 a game between them.

Tim Patrick finished WR107 that year and Nico Collins WR8.

Nico Collins had 96 more targets than Tim Patrick, 120 to 24.

Nico Collins had 930 more receiving yards than Tim Patrick, 1117 to 187.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 60 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Tim Patrick is off in Week 13 and Nico Collins in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tim Patrick is listed as out on the injury report.