Should I start Devaughn Vele or Trey McBride in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trey McBride, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Trey McBride is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 92 percent of NO snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 3 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Trey McBride has been on the field for 91 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 95 third down targets, had 5 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 58 two minute targets.

His 94 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 111 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 72 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against SEA he caught 7 of 8 targets for 54 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 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trey McBride was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Trey McBride scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 13.5 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Trey McBride TE1, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and Trey McBride 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 Trey McBride in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.