Christian Watson or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian Watson at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian Watson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Christian Watson has been on the field for 79 percent of GB snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 7 of 10 targets for 96 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against TB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 143 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

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.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian Watson played 10 games and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 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 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian Watson scored 13.2 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 8.1 a game between them.

Christian Watson finished WR46 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Christian Watson had 16 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 55 to 39.

Christian Watson had 318 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 611 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 79 percent.

This season Christian Watson holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian Watson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

What would change the answer

4.1 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.