Chris Olave or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 182 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 96th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 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 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Chris Olave was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 11.7 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Chris Olave had 117 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 156 to 39.

Chris Olave had 870 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 1163 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 85 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

What would change the answer

8.3 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.