Start Devaughn Vele or Brian Thomas Jr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Devaughn Vele over Brian Thomas Jr.
- Market projects
- 9.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 91%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 18%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 6.4
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Devaughn Vele over Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.2 points and Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.4, a gap of 2.8.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 9.2 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Devaughn Vele at 40.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Brian Thomas Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Brian Thomas Jr. at 24.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 16 market sources).
That puts Devaughn Vele 2.8 points ahead of Brian Thomas Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.
Brian Thomas Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.
Devaughn Vele, Week 1 against DET: 82 of 90 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.
Devaughn Vele, Week 2 against BAL: 65 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.
Devaughn Vele, Week 3 against LV: 65 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.
Devaughn Vele, Week 4 against ATL: 66 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Devaughn Vele played 13 games for NO 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 and 259 air yards.
He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR42 · NO · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 99
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
Ranked behind
WR63 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs anytime td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 165
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 16
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board66
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 13 and tier 16
- Board size276 draftable players
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