Romeo Doubs or Devaughn Vele: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Romeo Doubs at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 104th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 105th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 126.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 56 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 25.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Romeo Doubs was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Romeo Doubs scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 5.2 a game between them.

Romeo Doubs finished WR37 that year and Devaughn Vele WR95.

Romeo Doubs had 46 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 85 to 39.

Romeo Doubs had 431 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 724 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 56 percent.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Romeo Doubs is off in Week 11 and Devaughn Vele in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.