Start Devaughn Vele or Stefon Diggs? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Stefon Diggs over Devaughn Vele in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Stefon Diggs at 11.1 points and Devaughn Vele at 10.3, 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 Stefon Diggs this week yet, so his 11.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.3, 13.5 and 12.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Stefon Diggs yet. His market-based projections were 7.3, 13.5 and 12.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 11.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Stefon Diggs a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Devaughn Vele is 44 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Stefon Diggs 0.8 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on these projections.

Injury status

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs played 59 percent of WAS snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Stefon Diggs, Week 1 against PHI: 44 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Stefon Diggs, Week 2 against DAL: 36 of 71 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Stefon Diggs, Week 3 against SEA: 41 of 69 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Stefon Diggs, Week 4 against IND: 42 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 35 yards.

Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Devaughn Vele, Week 5 against MIN: 43 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 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 6 calls

• Start Stefon Diggs over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Denzel Boston over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Carnell Tate over Devaughn Vele.
• Start Christian Watson over Devaughn Vele.