Start Devaughn Vele or Tre Tucker? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Tre Tucker over Devaughn Vele in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Tre Tucker at 9.3 points and Devaughn Vele at 9.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tre Tucker still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 136 against 213, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Tre Tucker this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (9.2, 10.3 and 8.4); 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 Tre Tucker yet. His market-based projections were 9.2, 10.3 and 8.4 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.3 points ahead of Tre Tucker 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.

Tre Tucker and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 23.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 100 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

By points allowed to the position, Devaughn Vele has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Tre Tucker 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, Tre Tucker played 67 percent of LV snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Tre Tucker, Week 6 against BUF: 46 of 66 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 97 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Tre Tucker, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 12 targets and 5 catches for 103 yards, 1 touchdown.

Tre Tucker, Week 8 against NYJ: 34 of 63 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Tre Tucker, Week 9 against SF: 32 of 50 snaps, 8 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards.

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, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 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 Tre Tucker over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Tre Tucker over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Tre Tucker over Denzel Boston.