Start Devaughn Vele or DeMario Douglas? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Devaughn Vele over DeMario Douglas in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.2 points and DeMario Douglas at 6.8, a gap of 2.4.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.2 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 22% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 6.8 fantasy points for DeMario Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has DeMario Douglas at 25.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16 and 16 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 2.4 points ahead of DeMario Douglas on the market projections.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

DeMario Douglas 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, DeMario Douglas played 54 percent of NE snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

DeMario Douglas, Week 1 against SEA: 44 of 71 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 20 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 2 against PIT: 26 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 3 against JAX: 37 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 38 yards.

DeMario Douglas, Week 4 against BUF: 35 of 76 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 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 5 calls

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• Start Devaughn Vele over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Devaughn Vele.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start DeMario Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Darius Cooper.