Yahoo Fantasy Football on Devaughn Vele

Steelers' elite intermediate-pass defense and game script limit Vele's ceiling this week.

Vele has predictably stalled in tough recent matchups; this season he's the WR33 on WR27 usage with at least 6 targets in every game this month on a solid 20% target share. He'll get one last game as a fill-in WR3 before Jordyn Tyson (hamstring) likely returns in Week 9. Pittsburgh poses a stingy matchup, sitting 27th in half PPR points allowed to wideouts at 23.1 per game; the Steelers rank 28th against intermediate passes (5-20 air yards) where Vele earns 60% of his looks. New Orleans is listed as 3.5-point home underdogs with an implied team total of 20.5 points (20th), not the best environment for a ceiling game.

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