Cam Skattebo or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cam Skattebo at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Skattebo: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 12 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against LV he caught 3 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Devaughn Vele was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 10.9 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 and Devaughn Vele WR95, which are two different ladders.

Cam Skattebo is a running back and Devaughn Vele a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.