Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Ja'Marr Chase vs Nico Collins

Nico Collins gets more of his team's passes (22% vs 21%) and more of the deep throws (30% of its air yards vs 26%). In total, though, Ja'Marr Chase has more targets (45 vs 35). Ja'Marr Chase has played 6 games and Nico Collins 5 games. Near the end zone, Ja'Marr Chase has had more chances (8 vs 6 plays within 20 yards), and the same share of their teams' chances there (13%). Ja'Marr Chase is scoring more fantasy points a game (16.2 vs 15.2, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 13.7 vs 13.4 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–7 · Updated Oct 27, 2026

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Ja'Marr Chase

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 16.2
Expected points per gameEst.: 13.7

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

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Nico Collins

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 15.2
Expected points per gameEst.: 13.4

5 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 7. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

Ja'Marr Chase and Nico Collins, season usage side by side
Stat	Ja'Marr Chase	Nico Collins
Games	6	5
Passes thrown to him
Targets	45	35
Target share	21%	22%
Air-yards share	26%	30%
Catches	32	24
Receiving yards	351	329
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	8	6
Red-zone share	13%	13%
End-zone targets	6	4
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	5	3
Expected touchdownsEst.	3.3	2.6
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	16.2	15.2
Fantasy points (PPR)	97.1	76.1
Expected points per gameEst.	13.7	13.4
Points vs expectedEst.	+2.5	+1.8

Week by week

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Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

Ja'Marr Chase
Nico Collins

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
Week	Ja'Marr Chase	Nico Collins
1	12%against TB	27%against BUF
2	29%against HOU	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
3	32%against PIT	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
4	6%against JAX	31%against DAL
5	32%against MIA	21%against TEN
6	— no game with a target, carry or dropback	16%against JAX
7	25%against BAL	18%against NYG

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for Ja'Marr Chase and Nico Collins
Leaderboard	Ja'Marr Chase	Nico Collins
Target share leaders	#32of 117 wide receivers	#25of 117 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#40of 117 wide receivers	#32of 117 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	#17of 85 wide receivers	#19of 85 wide receivers
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#10of 191 wide receivers	#31of 191 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#10of 191 wide receivers	#28of 191 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#22of 191 wide receivers	#23of 191 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Ja'Marr Chase

Touchdowns above usage

Ja'Marr Chase has scored 5 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 3.3, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns: 5
Expected touchdownsEst.: 3.3
Expected PPR per gameEst.: 13.7
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.: +2.5

Weeks 1–5 and 7 · 6 games

Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Nico Collins

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