Malik Washington or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Malik Washington at 9.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Washington has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 5 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 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.

Malik Washington was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 1.8 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Malik Washington had 26 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 65 to 39.

Malik Washington had 24 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 317 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 86 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 18 percent.

What would change the answer

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