Two players, one answer.
Nico Collins vs Tee Higgins
This week
Toss-up · 11.5 to 11.5 projected (Week 9, Standard)
Rest of season
Tee Higgins by 15% (Redraft standard)Dynasty
Tee Higgins by 14% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 9 · Standard · 50% held up in 2025
A toss-up
On Sleeper's projections, Tee Higgins and Nico Collins are projected level. That's close to a coin flip: on these projections neither is the better start, and an injury report or a projection update before kickoff can tip it.
WR · CIN
Tee Higgins
11.5 projected
@ ATL · Sun 9:30 AM ET
13.8 a game this season · last 3: 2.2, 20.8, 27.5
WR · HOU
Nico Collins
11.5 projected
@ LAC · Sun 4:05 PM ET
10.4 a game this season · last 3: 5.6, 7.9, 0.6
- Nico Collins has scored 4.7 a game over his last three, below his 10.4 season average.
What the call rests on
- Tee Higgins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
- Nico Collins: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Nov 3, 5:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Tue, Nov 3, 5:41 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Higgins | Collins |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 16.6 | 16.9 |
| Half PPR | 14.1 | 14.2 |
| Standard | 11.5 | 11.5 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 0 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- Tee Higgins plays first (Sun 9:30 AM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Nico Collins's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with Standard settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.