Should I drop Devaughn Vele for Denzel Boston?

Not on these numbers alone. Devaughn Vele projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games) and Denzel Boston 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.

Start Denzel Boston or Devaughn Vele? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:31 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.

Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele

Boston projects lower, 9.7 to 10.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 143 for Boston, 213 for Vele.

Start

Denzel Boston

WR · CLE · at TEN

Market projects: 9.7; recent weeks avg
TEN D vs WR: 35.9; 11th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 92%; Through Week 6
Target share: 20%; Through Week 6

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Devaughn Vele

WR · NO · vs PIT

Market projects: 10.3; recent weeks avg
PIT D vs WR: 27.3; 6th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 91%; Through Week 6
Target share: 19%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Denzel Boston for Devaughn Vele?

Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games) and Devaughn Vele 106 (10.6 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Denzel Boston at 9.7 points and Devaughn Vele at 10.3, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Denzel Boston still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 143 against 213, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 9.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (9.2 and 10.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Devaughn Vele this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (11.4 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Devaughn Vele yet. His market-based projections were 11.4 and 9.1 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 9.2 and 10.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.5 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Devaughn Vele and NO host PIT on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

PIT allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Denzel Boston and CLE visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 35.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 174 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TEN.

By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

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

Through Week 6, Denzel Boston played 92 percent of CLE snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 3 against CAR: 62 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 4 against PIT: 61 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 89 yards.

Denzel Boston, Week 5 against NYJ: 62 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 6 against BAL: 5 targets and 1 catch 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.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Denzel Boston for Devaughn Vele?
Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games) and Devaughn Vele 106 (10.6 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
Should I drop Devaughn Vele for Denzel Boston?
Not on these numbers alone. Devaughn Vele projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games) and Denzel Boston 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.