Devaughn Vele or Ladd McConkey: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 36.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Ladd McConkey at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 54 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 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 Ladd McConkey played 16 games and scored 180.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing WR30.

He caught 66 of 106 targets for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 6.2 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 67 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 106 to 39.

Ladd McConkey had 496 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 789 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 54 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Ladd McConkey is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.