Devaughn Vele or Tucker Kraft: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Devaughn Vele at 10.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 87th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Tucker Kraft at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Devaughn Vele: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tucker Kraft: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 100.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 81 percent of GB snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 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 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 9.6 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Tucker Kraft TE24, which are two different ladders.

Devaughn Vele is a wide receiver and Tucker Kraft 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 Tucker Kraft in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.