Should I start Devaughn Vele or Tyler Higbee in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Devaughn Vele's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Tyler Higbee's market-based projection is 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Devaughn Vele, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Higbee, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Devaughn Vele has been on the field for 91 percent of NO snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 3 of 6 targets for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Tyler Higbee has been on the field for 57 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 5 of 6 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ARI he caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 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 Tyler Higbee played 10 games and scored 71.1 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing TE40.

He caught 25 of 36 targets for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 3.6 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Devaughn Vele was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Higbee scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Devaughn Vele 5.1, 2.0 a game between them.

Devaughn Vele finished WR95 and Tyler Higbee TE40, which are two different ladders.

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

What would change the answer

0.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.