Start Devaughn Vele or Roman Wilson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Roman Wilson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 8.7 points and Roman Wilson at 7.8, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.7 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devaughn Vele at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (14, 9 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.8 fantasy points for Roman Wilson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Roman Wilson at 33.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10 and 15 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.9 points ahead of Roman Wilson on the market projections.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Roman Wilson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

Devaughn Vele, Week 1 against DET: 82 of 90 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 69 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Roman Wilson played 51 percent of PIT snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Roman Wilson, Week 1 against ATL: 37 of 67 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Roman Wilson, Week 2 against NE: 55 of 70 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 28 yards.

Roman Wilson, Week 3 against CIN: 24 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards, 1 touchdown.

Roman Wilson, Week 4 against CLE: 22 of 72 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 74 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, Roman Wilson played 13 games for PIT and scored 38.6 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR122.

He caught 12 of 21 targets for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 100 air yards.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Roman Wilson over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Roman Wilson over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Roman Wilson.