Devaughn Vele or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 112th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The market has Terry McLaurin at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 3, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 78 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 6 of 9 targets for 77 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 6.3 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Terry McLaurin had 21 more targets than Devaughn Vele, 60 to 39.

Terry McLaurin had 289 more receiving yards than Devaughn Vele, 582 to 293.

This season Devaughn Vele holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 78 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Terry McLaurin is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Devaughn Vele.

Terry McLaurin is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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