Nico Collins Saves Day With Late Score

Nico Collins Saves Day With Late Score

11 months ago

Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins averted a fantasy disaster in Sunday's dismal 36-22 loss to the Cleveland Browns, managing four catches on six targets for 18 yards and a touchdown. Besides Dameon Pierce's thrilling touchdown on a kickoff return in the second quarter, it was a miserable afternoon all around for a Texans team jockeying for playoff positioning. Collins went down with the ship on a day Houston swapped signal-callers midgame, but he scraped up a garbage-time score during the fourth period from five yards away as well as an ensuing two-point conversion to buoy his output. Fantasy managers will take it, as the 24-year-old breakout wideout was questionable entering the game due to a calf injury that cost him Week 15. Collins hopes to see C.J. Stroud (concussion) back at the helm for the fantasy finals in Week 17 versus a pass-funnel Tennessee Titans defense, but he should be in play as a WR2 no matter who is under center.

Source: Yahoo Sports