DJ Moore or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DJ Moore at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 83rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 87th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DJ Moore: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 72.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 19.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against HOU he caught 5 of 8 targets for 100 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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.

DJ Moore was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 DJ Moore scored 10.0 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 4.9 a game between them.

DJ Moore finished WR35 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

DJ Moore had 46 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 85 to 39.

DJ Moore had 389 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 682 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 51 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

DJ Moore is off in Week 7 and Devaughn Vele in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.