Jaylen Waddle or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 4 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 68 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 3 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Jaylen Waddle was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 7.0 a game between them.

Jaylen Waddle finished WR24 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Jaylen Waddle had 61 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 100 to 39.

Jaylen Waddle had 617 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 910 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 68 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Waddle is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

What would change the answer

0.7 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 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 market price when it does.