Should I start Devaughn Vele or Denzel Boston in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 9:26 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 10 verdict
Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele
- Market projects
- 9.7
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs WR
- 37.3
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 91%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 22%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 9.6
- recent weeks avg
- CAR D vs WR
- 29.8
- 13th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 92%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 9
Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele in Week 10: 9.7 to 9.6 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Boston faces HOU, which allows the 4th most fantasy points to WRs.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Devaughn Vele?
Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 7 games) and Devaughn Vele 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR47 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 9.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 123
WR53 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-6
- Market-based projection
- 8.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 132
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 1.9 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.
The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 1.8 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 through Week 9
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.
Through Week 9, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 20 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 56 two minute targets.
His 60 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against PIT he caught 6 of 11 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 98 yards and did not score.
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.
Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 92 percent against 91 percent.
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Devaughn Vele?
Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 7 games) and Devaughn Vele 75 (9.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
Should I drop Devaughn Vele for Denzel Boston?
Not on these numbers alone. Devaughn Vele projects 75 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.4 a game over 8 games) and Denzel Boston 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
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