If there was any question about who the Texans viewed as C.J. Stroud’s number one receiver going into 2024 (and trust us, there are plenty of you), Houston has given us the answer. Collins is locked into his role as the team’s top dog on the perimeter for the next three years, earning his big payday in the same offseason that the team chopped off the end of free agent axqusition Stefon Diggs’ contract. While nothing changes situationally heading into 2024 with Collins signing the extension, the future of the Texans WR corps. has become clearer moving forward. There’s a very reasonable chance that Diggs’ time with the Texans amounts to a one-year rental while Collins spearheads the Texans passing attack alongside Tank Dell, which should have Tank Dell’s managers cautiously optimistic about the short term value of the second-year Houston product. Collins posted the second-highest yards per route run (3.37) of any receiver in the NFL last season behind only Tyreek Hill (minimum 100 routes run), and with the Texans retaining OC Bobby Slowik and C.J. Stroud heading into Year 2 with his hair on fire, Collins profiles as a low-WR1 candidate even with the addition of Stefon Diggs to the receiving room.