Start Malik Washington or Devaughn Vele? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Malik Washington over Devaughn Vele in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 10.4 points and Devaughn Vele at 9.6, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Malik Washington this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.0, 10.4 and 10.8); 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 Malik Washington at ADP 165 and Devaughn Vele at 213.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 10.4 and 10.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.4, 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 Malik Washington 0.8 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Malik Washington and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

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

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Malik Washington played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Washington, Week 5 against CIN: 53 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 18 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 7 against NYJ: 52 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 8 against NE: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Malik Washington, Week 9 against DET: 44 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 21 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, Malik Washington played 17 games for MIA and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 64 air yards.

He was on the field for 56 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 Denzel Boston over Malik Washington.
• Start DJ Moore over Malik Washington.
• Start DK Metcalf over Malik Washington.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.