Should I start Hunter Henry or Devaughn Vele in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Hunter Henry's market-based projection is 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Devaughn Vele's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Hunter Henry, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 7 of 7 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 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 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Hunter Henry was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Hunter Henry scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 5.4 a game between them.

Hunter Henry finished TE9 and Devaughn Vele WR95, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Hunter Henry is off in Week 11 and Devaughn Vele in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Hunter Henry is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.