Start Devaughn Vele or Quentin Johnston? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Quentin Johnston over Devaughn Vele in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Quentin Johnston at 7.0 points and Devaughn Vele at 9.6, a gap of 2.6. Quentin Johnston still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 98 against 213, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Quentin Johnston this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (7.2 and 6.8); 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.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Quentin Johnston yet. His market-based projections were 7.2 and 6.8 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Devaughn Vele 2.6 points ahead of Quentin Johnston on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Quentin Johnston and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 34.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 9 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 173 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against BAL.

By points allowed to the position, Quentin Johnston has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Quentin Johnston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Quentin Johnston played 81 percent of LAC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Quentin Johnston, Week 4 against SEA: 53 of 71 snaps, 1 carry for -4 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 44 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 6 against KC: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 57 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 8 against LAR: 50 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Quentin Johnston, Week 9 against HOU: 60 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Quentin Johnston played 14 games for LAC and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 514 air yards.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Quentin Johnston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Quentin Johnston over Cooper Kupp.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Quentin Johnston.