Start Devaughn Vele or Kalif Raymond? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Kalif Raymond in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 8.7 points and Kalif Raymond at 7.8, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.7 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devaughn Vele at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (14, 9 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Kalif Raymond, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Kalif Raymond at 29.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (14, 11 and 14 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.9 points ahead of Kalif Raymond on the market projections.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Kalif Raymond 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, Kalif Raymond played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Kalif Raymond, Week 1 against CAR: 45 of 75 snaps, 9 targets and 8 catches for 84 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 2 against MIN: 46 of 74 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards.

Kalif Raymond, Week 3 against PHI: 54 of 72 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kalif Raymond, Week 4 against NYJ: 47 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 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, Kalif Raymond played 15 games for DET and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Kalif Raymond over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Kalif Raymond over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Kalif Raymond over Cooper Kupp.