Nico Collins
WR
Houston Texans▼ Cold
This is how WRs have played against the Cowboys in the 2026 season.
WR2 = the second-highest-scoring WR against Cowboys in each game, not a fixed depth-chart spot.
| Wk | Team | Player | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  NYG | Darnell Mooney | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 4.7 |
| 2 |  WAS | Terry McLaurin | 9 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 3 |  BAL | Chris Moore | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7.4 |
| Average | 4.0 | 1.7 | 27.0 | 0.3 | 6.4 | ||
| Median | 2.0 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | ||
| High | 9 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 7.4 | ||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.7 | ||
Averages are raw, outliers are never removed.
How Nico Collins should do vs the CowboysSeason log, the group you pick, and a projection
Season so far, compared with what the group you pick below has done against the Cowboys, plus a projection for this game.
What is this table?
Rows at the top are every game Nico Collins has played this season, using the same stat columns as the table above.
Compare against picks which group of Cowboys opponents to line them up with: the best WR they faced in each game (1), the second best (2), the third best (3), or all of the top three. Nobody knows which slot Nico Collins will land in this week, so this is your call, not a guess.
Cowboys avg is the average line of that group. Difference is that minus Nico Collins's own average: green means the defense gives that slot more than Nico Collins usually produces.
Projected is Nico Collins's recent-weighted average scaled by how generous the Cowboys were to the slot you picked. Change the slot and the projected points change, because each slot has a different matchup adjustment. Picking Top 3 uses the usual-role projection.
| Wk | Opp | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUF | 10 | 7 | 75 | 1 | 21.2 |
| 4 | DAL | 8 | 7 | 118 | 2 | 30.8 |
| 5 | TEN | 7 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 10.6 |
| 6 | JAX | 5 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 10.9 |
| 7 | NYG | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.6 |
| Collins avg | 7.0 | 4.8 | 65.8 | 0.6 | 15.2 | |
| Cowboys WR2 avg | 4.0 | 1.7 | 27.0 | 0.3 | 6.4 | |
| Difference | -3.0 | -3.1 | -38.8 | -0.3 | -8.9 | |
Difference is what the defense allows minus what Collins averages (green = defense gives up more). Projected stats scale the player's averages by the matchup adjustment, so they are a rough guide.
Prediction & chance to scoreNico Collins vs the Cowboys
Prediction for Nico Collins
Nobody knows which slot Nico Collins will land in this week, so pick the one you expect. The projection changes because each slot faces a different average from the Cowboys.
I predict about 14.8 points for Nico Collins if playing as a WR2. Nico Collins has averaged 21.2 over 1 game, and the Cowboys have given up 6.4 to WR2s (-27% vs the league average of 8.7).
How this projection is built
1. The player. Nico Collins scored: Wk 1 21.2. Average 21.2; weighted toward recent games it is 17.1.
2. The defense. Over 3 games, the Cowboys allowed 6.4 points to their opponent's WR2. The league average for that slot is 8.7, so that is -27%.
3. Trusting small samples less. With 3 defensive games, only 50% of the gap is applied, capped at +/-30%. That gives a -13% adjustment (x0.87).
4. Result. 17.1 x 0.87 = 14.8. Switching slots only changes step 2 and 3: the player's own numbers stay the same, but each slot faces a different defensive average.
It is a statistical model, not knowledge of injuries, game script or weather.
Chance to score
Type a point total to see how likely Nico Collins is to reach it as a WR2.
Why this percentage?
The projection (14.8) is the middle of the range. Fantasy scores swing a lot from game to game, so the model spreads possible scores around it by about 8.9 points, leaning on Nico Collins's own game-to-game swings once there are several games (and on typical WR swings before that).
Scores are modelled as right-skewed, since a big game is possible but a very negative one is not. The percentage is the share of that spread at or above 15.
With only 1 game of history, treat this as a rough gauge. It gets sharper as the season goes on. It is never lower than 1% or higher than 99%.
InsightsPlain-English takeaways from the table
- WR2s have averaged 1.7 receptions, 27.0 receiving yards and 0.3 receiving TDs against the Cowboys across 3 games.
- The Cowboys allow 6.4 PPR points to WR2s, -27% versus the league average of 8.7 (ranked 28 of 32, where 1 is most generous). That is a tough matchup.
- 0 of 3 games reached 10+ PPR points. Scores range from 4.7 to 7.4 (median 7.0).
- WR2s scored a touchdown in 1 of 3 games (33%).
Insights are generated by rules from the table above and recalculate every week.