Devaughn Vele or Denzel Boston: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 85th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 89th highest figure of the 185 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 186.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 93 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 7 of 9 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 93 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against JAX he caught 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 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.

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

Their snap share this season is the same, 93 percent each.

This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 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.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.