Joshua Palmer vs Nico Collins: The Full Breakdown
Two wide receivers who will land on plenty of the same rosters in 2026. Joshua Palmer (Los Angeles Chargers) finished the 2025 season averaging 6.8 fantasy points per game in 14 games. Nico Collins (Houston Texans) came in at 12.7 PPG over 15 games. The gap is real but not insurmountable with the right matchup.
Nico Collins carries a 5.9-point PPG advantage from the 2025 season. That baseline matters, but it is one input among several. Matchup difficulty, scoring trends, and injury reports move the needle week to week, which is why the best answer changes depending on when you are asking.
Target volume is the story here. Nico Collins saw 120 targets in 2025, while Joshua Palmer drew 65. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Nico Collins, even in weeks where Joshua Palmer posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Joshua Palmer has his bye in Week 5, and Nico Collins rests in Week 8. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
