Start Ryan Flournoy or Devaughn Vele? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Ryan Flournoy in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 9.6 points and Ryan Flournoy at 10.2, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Devaughn Vele still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 213 against 220, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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. No player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy this week yet, so his 10.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.3, 9.1 and 13.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Ryan Flournoy yet. His market-based projections were 8.3, 9.1 and 13.1 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.2, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

The market-based projection for Ryan Flournoy is 0-1 touchdowns (5 market sources).

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 Ryan Flournoy 0.5 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Ryan Flournoy and DAL host SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SF allowed 27.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against SF.

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

Ryan Flournoy is not on the injury report.

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Ryan Flournoy played 77 percent of DAL snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 6 against GB: 68 of 78 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 7 against PHI: 53 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 8 against ARI: 50 of 74 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

Ryan Flournoy, Week 9 against IND: 77 of 79 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 53 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, Ryan Flournoy played 16 games for DAL and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 271 air yards.

He was on the field for 41 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 Ryan Flournoy over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Denzel Boston over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start DJ Moore over Ryan Flournoy.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Denzel Boston over Devaughn Vele.