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NegativeRoleOct 28, 2026Fantasy Life Articles
Vele ran a route on 93% of New Orleans' Week 7 dropbacks, primarily from the slot, and has been targeted on 31% of his outs this season. For the season, 55% of his routes have come from the slot and 16% with motion at the snap. He has five end-zone targets and has accounted for 21.2% of the Saints' first-read targets in his games. Vele is a weekly WR3 while without Jordyn Tyson, but when Tyson is back Vele won't be as effective, so now is the time to sell before Tyson is healthy.
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PositiveProjectionOct 24, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Vele's production has dimmed over the last two games. He is WR31 in fantasy points per game but has managed double-digit PPR points only once in his last four games. Vele has 17% target share, 1.30 YPRR, five red zone targets, seven deep targets, and 21.9% first-read share. Derek Brown does not see Vele turning around his fantasy fortunes this week against Pittsburgh, which has been tough against slot receivers, allowing the fourth-fewest yards per target and the fewest fantasy points per opportunity to the position.
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PositiveMatchupOct 22, 2026Yahoo Fantasy Football
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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PositiveMatchupOct 22, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Vele has seen six targets in every game so far this season, though his production has been sporadic. He is generating 0.30 fantasy points per route run and has faced some tough assignments. This week he faces Jalen Ramsey (CB, PIT), who despite a game-winning interception last Sunday, is still allowing 0.40 fantasy points per route run—the fifth-most of any starting cornerback in Week 7—and is targeted on almost 20% of routes run against him. Vele represents a strong opportunity to return FLEX-worthy fantasy points for managers struggling to set a lineup.
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PositiveMatchupOct 22, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Devaughn Vele's star has dimmed over the last two games; he is WR31 in fantasy points per game but has managed double-digit PPR points only once in his last four games. He has 17% target share, 1.30 YPRR, five red zone targets, seven deep targets, and 21.9% first-read share. Pittsburgh has been tough against slot receivers, allowing the fourth-fewest yards per target and the fewest fantasy points per opportunity to the position. The source recommends sitting Vele this week.
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PositiveMatchupOct 22, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Devaughn Vele's star has dimmed over the last two games. He is WR31 in fantasy points per game but has managed double-digit PPR points only once in his last four games. Vele has a 17% target share, 1.30 YPRR, five red zone targets, seven deep targets, and 21.9% first-read share. The source does not see Vele turning around his fantasy fortunes this week. Pittsburgh has been tough against slot receivers, allowing the fourth-fewest yards per target and fewest fantasy points per opportunity to the position. The source recommends sitting Vele this week.
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NegativeMatchupOct 22, 2026FantasyPros Articles
Vele is a Week 7 lineup landmine despite being the WR25 for the season, averaging 11.6 PPR fantasy points per game. He has cooled off significantly after a hot start, averaging eight targets and 15.7 fantasy points per game over the first two weeks (11.4 or more in both matchups) but only 6.8 targets and 9.5 fantasy points per game over the past four weeks (7.2 or fewer in all but one contest). The Saints' offense has also cooled, averaging 27 points per game over the first three weeks but only 23.4 points per game over their past three matchups. Pittsburgh's pass defense has been outstanding, holding wide receivers to 28.6 fantasy points per game, the sixth-fewest in the NFL, allowing 22.6 or fewer in half of their matchups, and giving up only one receiving touchdown to wide receivers over the past three weeks.
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NegativeUsageOct 21, 2026RotoWire NFL Articles
Hasn't gained more than 70 yards in a game this season, but has maintained a full-PPR WR3 floor in fantasy land thanks to six-plus targets in each and every game. Unfortunately, the entire passing game has done more sinking than swimming the last three weeks with Tyler Shough struggling to efficiently move the ball. Note that Chris Olave has out-targeted Vele 46-to-26 against zone coverage this season — something the Steelers have deployed at an 82 percent clip this season (fifth highest in the league).
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PositiveMatchupOct 21, 2026NBC Sports Rotoworld
Vele is in play as a 12-team option in Week 7 against the Saints. Both the Saints and Steelers defenses profile as pass funnels, and both teams pass a lot, ranking eighth and 10th in total team air yards per game, respectively. The Steelers allow 303 air yards per game (15th), have a 62 percent neutral pass rate against (4th), and a +2.9 percent pass rate over expected against (7th). This has the makings of a back-and-forth game with lots of plays and plenty of drop backs.
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