Start Chris Olave or Devaughn Vele? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Chris Olave over Devaughn Vele in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Chris Olave at 18.5 points and Devaughn Vele at 9.9, a gap of 8.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.5 fantasy points for Chris Olave, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Chris Olave at 85.5 receiving yards and 6.5 receptions, with a 43% chance to score a touchdown (18, 16 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.9 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devaughn Vele at 44.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15 and 18 market sources).

That puts Chris Olave 8.6 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on the market projections.

Week 4 matchups

Chris Olave and NO host ATL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

ATL allowed 38.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 195 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against ATL.

Injury status

Chris Olave was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Devaughn Vele was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Chris Olave played 84 percent of NO snaps, drew 29 percent of the targets, earned 47 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Chris Olave, Week 1 against DET: 77 of 90 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 182 yards.

Chris Olave, Week 2 against BAL: 57 of 68 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chris Olave, Week 3 against LV: 62 of 74 snaps, 13 targets and 9 catches for 107 yards.

Through Week 3, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 9 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Olave played 16 games for NO and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 874 air yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

How Week 4 went

Chris Olave scored 19.6 PPR points and Devaughn Vele scored 17.4.

The call was right: Chris Olave outscored Devaughn Vele by 2.2.

Chris Olave finished 1.1 points above the 18.5 the market projected.

Chris Olave, Week 4 against ATL: 64 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 8 catches for 116 yards, 19.6 PPR points.

Chris Olave finished as the week's WR12 in PPR scoring.

Devaughn Vele finished 7.5 points above the 9.9 the market projected.

Devaughn Vele, Week 4 against ATL: 66 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown, 17.4 PPR points.

Devaughn Vele finished as the week's WR15 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Chris Olave.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Chris Olave.
• Start Chris Olave over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Carnell Tate over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Courtland Sutton.