Start Devaughn Vele. Vele is projected for 9.9 PPR points vs 9.5 for DeMario Douglas, and faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Devaughn Vele WR · NO | DeMario Douglas WR · NE | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 9.9 | 9.5 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 9.0 | 8.6 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs PIT | vs CHI |
| Opponent vs. position | 6th-toughest (28.6 pts/g allowed) | 15th-toughest (31.5 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 21% target share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | FLEX · Flex | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Devaughn Vele. Vele projects for 9.9 PPR points vs PIT, against 9.5 for DeMario Douglas vs CHI: a 0.4-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Devaughn Vele is projected to score more: 9.9 PPR points to 9.5 for DeMario Douglas.
The sources range from 9.0 to 10.3 for Vele and from 8.6 to 10.5 for Douglas. The ranges overlap, so Douglas outscoring Vele is a realistic result.
Devaughn Vele is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Vele at 9.0 PPR points, against 8.6 for DeMario Douglas.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
DeMario Douglas has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Douglas at 10.5 PPR points, against 10.3 for Devaughn Vele.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Devaughn Vele plays PIT and DeMario Douglas plays CHI in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Vele faces the 6th-toughest defense against WRs and Douglas faces the 15th-toughest defense against WRs, so DeMario Douglas has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Devaughn Vele has drawn 21% of his team's targets, and DeMario Douglas 17% of his team's targets.
Devaughn Vele has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Devaughn Vele.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Devaughn Vele nor DeMario Douglas has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Devaughn Vele is projected by 4 of them and DeMario Douglas by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.