Start Devaughn Vele or Cooper Kupp? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Cooper Kupp in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.1 points and Cooper Kupp at 6.3, a gap of 2.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.1 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 21% chance to score a touchdown (16, 12 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.3 fantasy points for Cooper Kupp, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Cooper Kupp at 23.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 2.8 points ahead of Cooper Kupp on the market projections.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Cooper Kupp 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.

Through Week 4, Cooper Kupp played 60 percent of SEA snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

Cooper Kupp, Week 1 against NE: 39 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 2 against ARI: 30 of 70 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Cooper Kupp, Week 3 against WAS: 45 of 67 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cooper Kupp, Week 4 against LAC: 34 of 60 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards.

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.

In 2025, Cooper Kupp played 16 games for SEA and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 300 air yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Devaughn Vele scored 6.6 PPR points and Cooper Kupp scored 3.5.

The call was right: Devaughn Vele outscored Cooper Kupp by 3.1.

Devaughn Vele finished 2.5 points below the 9.1 the market projected.

Devaughn Vele, Week 5 against MIN: 43 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards, 6.6 PPR points.

Devaughn Vele finished as the week's WR52 in PPR scoring.

Cooper Kupp finished 2.8 points below the 6.3 the market projected.

Cooper Kupp, Week 5 against SF: 51 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 3.5 PPR points.

Cooper Kupp finished as the week's WR78 in PPR scoring.

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