Devaughn Vele or George Kittle: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 121.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 87th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have George Kittle at 7.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

George Kittle's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, George Kittle has been on the field for 47 percent of SF snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 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.

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 9.6 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and George Kittle a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

George Kittle is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.