Should I trade Nico Collins for Puka Nacua?

Yes on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Nico Collins 73, a gain of 17. If Nico Collins starts for you and Puka Nacua would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Nico Collins or Puka Nacua?

Puka Nacua, 90 to 73. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 15.7 over 11 for Nico Collins, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Nico Collins for Puka Nacua? Yes, Nacua is worth 17 more.

Yes on value. Puka Nacua is worth 90 rest of season and Nico Collins 73, so the side getting Nacua gains 17. Collins rates 15.7 market points a game with 11 games left, Nacua 17.3 with 11. On usage, Collins has drawn 29 percent of HOU targets; Nacua has drawn 27 percent of LAR targets. Collins is at JAX in Week 6 (9th most points allowed to WRs); Nacua hosts ARI in Week 6 (6th most points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Puka Nacua wins by 17.

Nico Collins 7390 Puka Nacua

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Nico Collins

WR9HOU

value, #25

Pts/game: 15.7
Games left: 11
Bye: 8

Nico Collins weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
2.8	15.7	16.7

Puka Nacua

WR5LAR

value, #15

Pts/game: 17.3
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Puka Nacua weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
3.0	17.3	21.5

Where the values come from

Collins is the 9th receiver on the chart and 25th overall. His 15.7 a game is 6.6 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 8, which is how he comes to 73.

Nacua is the 5th receiver on the chart and 15th overall. His 17.3 a game is 8.2 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 90.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Nico Collins at 2.8 in Week 3, 15.7 in Week 4 and 16.7 in Week 5, a median of 15.7 points a game, up 13.9 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Puka Nacua at 3.0 in Week 3, 17.3 in Week 4 and 21.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.3 points a game, up 18.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Nico Collins has scored 62.6 PPR points in 3 games, 20.9 a game, 5.2 a game more than the 15.7 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR8 with 226.2 PPR points in 15 games, 15.1 a game.

Week 1 vs BUF: 21.2 points (WR8 that week), 7 rushing yards on 1 carry, 7 of 10 targets for 75 yards, 1 touchdown, 72 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs DAL: 30.8 points (WR3 that week), 7 of 8 targets for 118 yards, 2 touchdowns, 69 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs TEN: 10.6 points (WR31 that week), 5 of 7 targets for 56 yards.

Puka Nacua has scored 40.1 PPR points in 2 games, 20.1 a game, 2.8 a game more than the 17.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR1 with 375.0 PPR points in 16 games, 23.4 a game.

Week 1 vs SF: 12.4 points (WR27 that week), 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards, 70 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PHI: 27.7 points (WR5 that week), 2 rushing yards on 1 carry, 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards, 1 touchdown, 90 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Nico Collins has averaged 0.5 carries for 4 yards and 9.0 targets and 7.0 catches for 97 yards a game on 71 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 3 times inside the 20, 23 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 3 touchdowns in 2 games.

In Week 4 against DAL he had 8 targets on 69 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Puka Nacua has averaged 0.5 carries for 1 yard and 10.5 targets and 7.0 catches for 100 yards a game on 82 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 2 games.

In Week 4 against PHI he had 1 carry and 12 targets on 90 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Nico Collins has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 8; Puka Nacua has 11 games with his bye in Week 11.

JAX, Collins's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 37.0 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th most to WRs of 32.

ARI, Nacua's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 38.4 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 6th most to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Nico Collins would want about 17 more added to make it even: a player like Dak Prescott, valued at 17. Two players for Nacua also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

Should I trade Nico Collins for Puka Nacua?
Yes on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Nico Collins 73, a gain of 17. If Nico Collins starts for you and Puka Nacua would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Nico Collins or Puka Nacua?
Puka Nacua, 90 to 73. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 15.7 over 11 for Nico Collins, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number