Should I start Demarcus Robinson or Devaughn Vele in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Demarcus Robinson, and the board ranks him 142nd 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

The market-based projection for Demarcus Robinson is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Demarcus Robinson has been on the field for 49 percent of SF snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 3 targets for 50 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 3 of 4 targets for 22 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 Demarcus Robinson played 14 games and scored 58.2 PPR points, 4.2 a game, finishing WR99.

He caught 22 of 35 targets for 276 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 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.

Demarcus Robinson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Devaughn Vele scored 5.1 PPR points a game and Demarcus Robinson 4.2, 0.9 a game between them.

Demarcus Robinson finished WR99 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Devaughn Vele had 4 more targets than Demarcus Robinson, 39 to 35.

Devaughn Vele had 17 more receiving yards than Demarcus Robinson, 293 to 276.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 49 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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