Start Devaughn Vele or Wan'Dale Robinson? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Devaughn Vele over Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Devaughn Vele at 8.8 points and Wan'Dale Robinson at 8.2, a gap of 0.6. 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 8.8 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Devaughn Vele at 37.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.2 fantasy points for Wan'Dale Robinson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Wan'Dale Robinson at 33.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (14, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Devaughn Vele 0.6 points ahead of Wan'Dale Robinson on the market projections.

Injury status

Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.

Wan'Dale Robinson 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, Wan'Dale Robinson played 66 percent of TEN snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Wan'Dale Robinson, Week 1 against NYJ: 41 of 50 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 38 yards.

Wan'Dale Robinson, Week 2 against PHI: 28 of 53 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Wan'Dale Robinson, Week 3 against NYG: 38 of 60 snaps, 11 targets and 7 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown.

Wan'Dale Robinson, Week 4 against BAL: 43 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 19 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, Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games for NYG and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 628 air yards.

He was on the field for 91 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 Wan'Dale Robinson over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Wan'Dale Robinson over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Wan'Dale Robinson.