Should I start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Devaughn Vele in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s market-based projection is 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Devaughn Vele's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 92 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 3 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 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.

Deebo Samuel Sr. was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 11.8 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 6.7 a game between them.

Deebo Samuel Sr. finished WR25 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Deebo Samuel Sr. had 60 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 99 to 39.

Deebo Samuel Sr. had 434 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 727 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 57 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Devaughn Vele has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.