Start Keenan Allen or Devaughn Vele? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Keenan Allen over Devaughn Vele in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Keenan Allen at 10.0 points and Devaughn Vele at 9.6, 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 Keenan Allen this week yet, so his 10.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.1, 9.2 and 10.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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. Drafters take Keenan Allen at ADP 142 and Devaughn Vele at 213.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Keenan Allen yet. His market-based projections were 10.1, 9.2 and 10.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

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.

That puts Keenan Allen 0.4 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Keenan Allen and IND host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against MIA.

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.

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

Injury status

Keenan Allen is not on the injury report.

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Keenan Allen played 59 percent of IND snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Keenan Allen, Week 6 against TEN: 59 of 83 snaps, 11 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 7 against MIN: 30 of 58 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 8 against JAX: 32 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 67 yards.

Keenan Allen, Week 9 against DAL: 36 of 64 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Keenan Allen played 17 games for LAC and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 546 air yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 10 calls

• Start Keenan Allen over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Keenan Allen over Denzel Boston.
• Start DJ Moore over Keenan Allen.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.