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Should I start Devaughn Vele or Kendre Miller in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:31 PM ET.

Start Devaughn Vele: his market-based projection is 1.4 points a game ahead of Kendre Miller's this season.

Should I drop Kendre Miller for Devaughn Vele?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Devaughn Vele projects 104 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.4 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

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Market-based projection
10.3 pts a game

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8.9 pts a game

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The gap

  • Price difference1.4 points a game
  • Board size301 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.

The market-based projections

Devaughn Vele's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

Kendre Miller's market-based projection is 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 30 percent of NO snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Devaughn Vele scored 5.1 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 0.3 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Kendre Miller RB79, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and Kendre Miller a running back, 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

1.4 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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Kendre Miller for Devaughn Vele?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Devaughn Vele projects 104 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.4 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games).

  • Should I drop Devaughn Vele for Kendre Miller?

    No. Keep Devaughn Vele: he projects 104 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.4 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games).

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