Devaughn Vele Fantasy Overview

Shough completed 30 of 38 passes (78.9%) for 278 yards with a TD and an INT in the 16-10 loss. He added 3 carries for 7 yards and finished as QB15 for the week. The Saints ran 11 personnel on 85% of his 41 dropbacks and relied almost entirely on the pass. Their RBs managed just 11 yards on 14 carries against the Steelers’ run defense. That pushed Shough toward short throws, with Alvin Kamara and Kendre Miller combining for 10 of the team’s 34 targets. Chris Olave led the way with 10 targets, followed by Kamara (7) and Devaughn Vele (5).

QB Tyler Shough finished as the QB2 in Week 6 with 28.4 fantasy points despite throwing for just 144 yards. He went 16 for 30 with 3 TDs and no INTs, and added 5 carries for 32 yards and a rushing TD. With the Saints holding a large lead, New Orleans ran the ball 36 times to Shough’s 30 attempts. The TDs did the heavy lifting on a low-volume day.

Vele accounted for just one reception on 2 targets for 2 yards in the first half before finishing with six receptions on nine targets for 54 yards and a TD as the Saints were forced to pass at a high rate in an effort to escape such a deficit in the second half. His garbage-time TD with fewer than two minutes left helped push him to a WR2 finish in Week 4 with 17.4 PPR points.

After initially not receiving a timetable for Jordyn Tyson’s return from a hamstring injury, it’s now reported that he’s expected to miss time “... deep into September,” per Saints beat reporter Nick Underhill. While the Saints haven’t officially placed him on injured reserve, Underhill says it’s possible as the team continues to evaluate his injury.