HOUSTON – Nico Collins was ready for the assignment, routinely applying his signature hundreds of times and smiling warmly while posing for photographs during a recent autograph show at NRG Arena.

Collins caught five of eight targets for 81 yards in Saturday's 23-14 divisional-round loss to Kansas City. The fourth-year wideout was C.J. Stroud's top option as per usual, leading the Texans in ...