The phrase "We collected the" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use this phrase to introduce a collected item, such as in the sentence, "We collected the fallen leaves and put them in the compost."
"We collected the world's best team.
But as we collected the gear, Jack hooked a heavy fish on his perch rod.
There were amazing blackberry bushes growing all along it, and we collected the fruit.
We collected the somatic cells from pigs and inserted some of the human immune gene into the pig's somatic cell.
We collected the blood sample at the enrollment time.
We collected the sentences and then recorded the corresponding utterances.
First, we collected the acoustic waves of rock evolution.
We collected the main clinical and biological characteristics.
We collected the data of absolute EVLW value.
We collected the entire emission cone to realize the full coupling efficiency.
We collected the necessary time series data from the Harmaleh station located in the river.
