Start Nico Collins or Drake London? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Nico Collins over Drake London in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Nico Collins at 15.9 points and Drake London at 13.4, a gap of 2.5. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have. Drafters take Nico Collins at ADP 19 and Drake London at 13.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 13.4 fantasy points for Drake London, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 15.9 fantasy points for Nico Collins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

That puts Nico Collins 2.5 points ahead of Drake London on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Drake London and ATL host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 41.2 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 200 yards and a touchdown against CAR.

Nico Collins and HOU host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 25.8 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and no touchdowns against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Drake London has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake London is not on the injury report.

Nico Collins is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Drake London played 98 percent of ATL snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets and earned 29 percent of the air yards.

Drake London, Week 1 against PIT: 59 of 60 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 29 yards.

Through Week 1, Nico Collins played 72 percent of HOU snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

Nico Collins, Week 1 against BUF: 57 of 79 snaps, 1 carry for 7 yards, 10 targets and 7 catches for 75 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake London played 12 games for ATL and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 690 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Drake London, Week 18 of 2025 against NO: 8 targets and 4 catches for 78 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.8 PPR points.

Drake London, Week 17 of 2025 against LAR: 52 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

In 2025, Nico Collins played 15 games for HOU 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 and 793 air yards.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Nico Collins, Week 17 of 2025 against LAC: 44 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 57 yards, 8.7 PPR points.

Nico Collins, Week 16 of 2025 against LV: 52 of 65 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 59 yards, 9.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 2 calls

• Start Drake London over A.J. Brown.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Drake London.
• Start Jaxon Smith-Njigba over Drake London.
• Start Nico Collins over A.J. Brown.
• Start Nico Collins over Chris Olave.
• Start Nico Collins over George Pickens.