Mike Evans or Devaughn Vele: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 65th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Mike Evans has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 93 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 7 of 9 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Devaughn Vele was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mike Evans scored 10.6 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 5.5 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Mike Evans had 22 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 61 to 39.

Mike Evans had 75 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 368 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 66 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Mike Evans is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.