Start Devaughn Vele or Kendrick Bourne? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 9:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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

Start Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne

Start

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

Sit

Kendrick Bourne

WR · ARI · vs DEN

Market projects: 7.5; recent weeks avg
DEN D vs WR: 24.7; 4th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 59%; Through Week 6
Target share: 13%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Kendrick Bourne for Devaughn Vele?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Devaughn Vele projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games), Kendrick Bourne 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 10.3 points and Kendrick Bourne at 7.5, a gap of 2.8. 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. No player market is posted for Kendrick Bourne this week yet, so his 7.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.3 and 9.7); 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 Kendrick Bourne yet. His market-based projections were 5.3 and 9.7 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 7.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Devaughn Vele 2.8 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne 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.

Kendrick Bourne and ARI host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 24.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 118 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against DEN.

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

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne 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, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 6 against LAR: 8 targets and 5 catches for 47 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.

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 Kendrick Bourne for Devaughn Vele?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Devaughn Vele projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games), Kendrick Bourne 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne.
Should I drop Devaughn Vele for Kendrick Bourne?
No. Keep Devaughn Vele: he projects 106 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.6 a game over 10 games), Kendrick Bourne 71 (7.1 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Devaughn Vele over Kendrick Bourne.