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Should I start Devaughn Vele or Caleb Douglas in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 12:26 PM ET.

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Start Devaughn Vele: 92 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Caleb Douglas's 81 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Devaughn Vele

WR85 · NO · on bye this week

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Market-based projection
10.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
215

Caleb Douglas

WR86 · MIA · bye 6

Overall rank
216

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Douglas, and the board ranks him 216th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Devaughn Vele, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Caleb Douglas, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 5 of 5 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Caleb Douglas has been on the field for 81 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he caught 5 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 2 of 3 targets for 70 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Caleb Douglas is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 81 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 18 percent each.

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Caleb Douglas in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

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