Should I start Michael Wilson or Devaughn Vele in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Michael Wilson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 22 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 9 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 22 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 81 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 8 of 15 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Michael Wilson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Wilson scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 7.9 a game between them.

Michael Wilson finished WR10 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Michael Wilson had 87 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 126 to 39.

Michael Wilson had 713 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 1006 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 90 percent.

This season Michael Wilson holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Wilson is off in Week 14 and Devaughn Vele in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Wilson is listed as questionable on the injury report.