Start Devaughn Vele or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 10.4 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 6.8, a gap of 3.6. Drafters take Devaughn Vele at ADP 213 and Dontayvion Wicks at 193.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.4 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 44 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

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

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 31 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (12, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 3.6 points ahead of Dontayvion Wicks on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Devaughn Vele and NO visit NYG on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYG allowed 30.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and a touchdown a game against NYG.

Dontayvion Wicks and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 28.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 152 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CAR.

By points allowed to the position, Devaughn Vele has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Dontayvion Wicks played 82 percent of PHI snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 2 against TEN: 47 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 74 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 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, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start A.J. Brown over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Carnell Tate over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks.