Start DeMario Douglas or Devaughn Vele? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Devaughn Vele over DeMario Douglas in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.6 points and DeMario Douglas at 9.2, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Devaughn Vele this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (10.3 and 8.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for DeMario Douglas this week yet, so his 9.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.9, 9.4 and 9.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Devaughn Vele yet. His market-based projections were 10.3 and 8.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for DeMario Douglas yet. His market-based projections were 8.9, 9.4 and 9.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 0.3 touchdowns (9 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.4 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Devaughn Vele and NO host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CAR.

DeMario Douglas and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Devaughn Vele played 92 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 5 against MIN: 43 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.

Devaughn Vele, Week 6 against NYG: 66 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 42 yards.

Devaughn Vele, Week 7 against PIT: 51 of 57 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.

Devaughn Vele, Week 9 against CLE: 70 of 75 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Through Week 9, DeMario Douglas played 57 percent of NE snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 19 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 6 against NYJ: 40 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 7 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeMario Douglas, Week 7 against CHI: 35 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 8 against MIA: 39 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 76 yards, 1 touchdown.

DeMario Douglas, Week 9 against GB: 43 of 63 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 102 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, DeMario Douglas played 17 games for NE and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 233 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Germie Bernard over Devaughn Vele.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Denzel Boston over DeMario Douglas.