Devaughn Vele or Kendrick Bourne: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 10.4 points and Kendrick Bourne at 7.6, a gap of 2.8.

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 7.6 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 32 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 2.8 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne 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.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne 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, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 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, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 6 went

Devaughn Vele scored 7.2 PPR points and Kendrick Bourne scored 9.7.

The call was wrong: Kendrick Bourne outscored Devaughn Vele by 2.5.

Devaughn Vele finished 3.2 points below the 10.4 the market projected.

Devaughn Vele, Week 6 against NYG: 66 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 42 yards, 7.2 PPR points.

Devaughn Vele finished as the week's WR48 in PPR scoring.

Kendrick Bourne finished 2.1 points above the 7.6 the market projected.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 41 of 72 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards, 9.7 PPR points.

Kendrick Bourne finished as the week's WR38 in PPR scoring.

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 Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Kendrick Bourne over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Kendrick Bourne.