Should I start Devaughn Vele or Dameon Pierce in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Devaughn Vele's market-based projection is 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

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.

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

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 77 percent of PHI snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Devaughn Vele scored 5.1 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Dameon Pierce RB128, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Dameon Pierce in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Dameon Pierce has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.