Start Devaughn Vele or Deebo Samuel Sr.? Week 4
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Devaughn Vele over Deebo Samuel Sr.
Wrong: 17.4 to 18.0
- Market projected
- 9.9
- pre-game
- Snap share
- 89%
- Week 4
- Target share
- 19%
- Week 4
- Scored
- 17.4
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 9.3
- pre-game
- Scored
- 18.0
- PPR pts
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Our Week 4 call
Start Devaughn Vele over Deebo Samuel Sr. in Week 4.
Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.9 points and Deebo Samuel Sr. at 9.3, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 10.0 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 (16, 12 and 17 market sources).
Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Deebo Samuel Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Deebo Samuel Sr. at 34.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (17, 15 and 17 market sources).
That puts Devaughn Vele 0.6 points ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Devaughn Vele was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Deebo Samuel Sr. was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Usage before Week 4
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, 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
Devaughn Vele scored 17.4 PPR points and Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 18.0.
The call was wrong: Deebo Samuel Sr. outscored Devaughn Vele by 0.6.
Devaughn Vele finished 7.5 points above the 10.0 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.
Deebo Samuel Sr. finished 8.7 points above the 9.3 the market projected.
Their other Week 4 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR33 · NO · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 79
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
WR34 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 80
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board1
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 8
- Board size214 draftable players
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