Devaughn Vele or Adonai Mitchell: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 86th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

The player markets price Adonai Mitchell at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 90th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Adonai Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 207.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 93 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 7 of 9 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 3 of 3 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against GB he caught 6 of 12 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Devaughn Vele played 13 games and scored 66.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing WR95.

He caught 25 of 39 targets for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell played 16 games and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell scored 5.5 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 0.4 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Adonai Mitchell WR73.

Adonai Mitchell had 35 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 74 to 39.

Adonai Mitchell had 160 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 453 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 76 percent.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Adonai Mitchell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.