Should I start Devaughn Vele or Chris Bell in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:26 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Devaughn Vele: 92 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Chris Bell's 65 percent of the snaps and 14 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.
WR85 · NO · on bye this week
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- Market-based projection
- 10.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 215
WR87 · MIA · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 217
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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 Chris Bell, and the board ranks him 217th 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 Chris Bell, 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, Chris Bell has been on the field for 60 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 19 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.
In Week 4 against MIN he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 26 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NYJ he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 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.
Chris Bell 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 60 percent.
This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.
Byes and availability
Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Chris Bell in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
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