Start Courtland Sutton or Devaughn Vele? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Devaughn Vele in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 9.3 points and Devaughn Vele at 8.6, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.6 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devaughn Vele at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 15 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 0.7 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on the market projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 1 against KC: 39 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

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, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Jakobi Meyers over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Emeka Egbuka.