Who Should I Start? Devaughn Vele or Jayden Higgins

Wednesday, November 5, 1:19 PM

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Devaughn Vele should become a bigger part of the team's passing attack, starting in Week 10 against the Carolina Panthers this Sunday, after the Saints traded Rashid Shaheed to the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday. Vele played only 29% of the offensive snaps in last week's loss to the Los Angeles Rams and was not targeted at all. However, in the Week 8 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the 27-year-old played a season-high 51% of the snaps and was targeted a season-high five times. Expectations must be tempered in a Saints offense being run by rookie quarterback Tyler Shough, but there's no denying that Vele will see a playing time increase in the second half of the season with Shaheed no longer in town. The former seventh-rounder of the Denver Broncos has only five catches on his 10 targets this year for 39 yards and a touchdown in eight games played.

Monday, November 17, 8:12 AM

Houston Texans wide receiver Jayden Higgins finished second on the team with 55 receiving yards on Sunday against the Titans, hauling in four of his seven targets. The rookie played 43 snaps compared to 37 for Xavier Hutchinson and 36 for Christian Kirk, getting slightly more work than the two more experienced options. Higgins also had more targets than any other wide receiver except Nico Collins. Higgins has shown good upside over the last few weeks and seems to be climbing the depth chart. He is still high-risk on a short week against the Bills this Thursday, but he does have at least four catches and at least seven targets in three of his last four games. C.J. Stroud (concussion) gives the offense a higher ceiling if he's able to return, but Higgins has worked well with Davis Mills as well, making him a rookie to watch the rest of the season and possibly grab from the waiver wire if you need receiver depth and like his upside.