Nico Collins vs Quentin Johnston: Who Should You Start?
Nico Collins and Quentin Johnston are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Nico Collins averaged 12.7 PPG across 15 games with the Houston Texans, while Quentin Johnston posted 10.4 PPG in 14 appearances for the Los Angeles Chargers.
A 2.3-PPG gap gives Nico Collins the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Nico Collins saw 120 targets in 2025, while Quentin Johnston drew 85. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Nico Collins, even in weeks where Quentin Johnston posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Nico Collins has his bye in Week 14, and Quentin Johnston rests in Week 5. 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.
