Should I start Devaughn Vele or Kendrick Bourne in Week 6?
Updated Oct 19, 9:41 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Week 6 verdict
Start Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne
Wrong: 7.2 to 9.7
- Market projected
- 10.4
- pre-game
- NYG D vs WR
- 30.9
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Target share
- 20%
- Week 6
- Scored
- 7.2
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 7.6
- pre-game
- Target share
- 24%
- Week 6
- Scored
- 9.7
- PPR pts
Start Devaughn Vele: 90 percent of the snaps and 19 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendrick Bourne's 56 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Devaughn Vele?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Devaughn Vele projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games), Kendrick Bourne 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR33 · NO · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 2-4
- Market-based projection
- 10.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 77
WR52 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 7.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 137
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Devaughn Vele, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Kendrick Bourne, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
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, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 59 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 14 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 40 two minute targets.
His 30 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against NYG he was not given the ball.
In Week 5 against DET he caught 5 of 8 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 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 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.
He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.
That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Kendrick Bourne was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Kendrick Bourne scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 0.7 a game between them.
Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Kendrick Bourne WR68.
Kendrick Bourne had 14 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 53 to 39.
Kendrick Bourne had 258 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 551 to 293.
This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 59 percent.
This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 13 percent.
Byes and availability
Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Kendrick Bourne in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Devaughn Vele?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Devaughn Vele projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games), Kendrick Bourne 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Devaughn Vele for Kendrick Bourne?
No. Keep Devaughn Vele: he projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games), Kendrick Bourne 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games).
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