Should I start Devaughn Vele or Mark Andrews in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Mark Andrews's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.

Devaughn Vele's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 5 of 5 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 64 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 14 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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mark Andrews was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Mark Andrews scored 7.7 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 2.6 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Mark Andrews TE16, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and Mark Andrews a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Devaughn Vele is off in Week 8 and Mark Andrews in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Devaughn Vele has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.