Should I start Xavier Worthy or Adonai Mitchell in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 3:21 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Xavier Worthy: 85 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Adonai Mitchell's 65 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Xavier Worthy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Xavier Worthy projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 35 (5.0 a game over 7 games). Xavier Worthy is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR34 · KC · bye 5
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- Market-based projection
- 8.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 83
WR36 · NYJ · bye 13
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- Market-based projection
- 10.4 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 90
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Xavier Worthy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 47 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.
In Week 7 against SEA he caught 3 of 6 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 13 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 6 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
Through Week 9, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 70 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 12 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.
His 34 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.
In Week 7 against MIA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LV he caught 7 of 9 targets for 142 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 9 against KC he caught 0 of 7 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.
He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Adonai Mitchell played 16 games and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.
He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.
That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Adonai Mitchell was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Adonai Mitchell 5.5, 2.4 a game between them.
Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Adonai Mitchell WR73.
Adonai Mitchell had 1 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 74 to 73.
Xavier Worthy had 79 more receiving yards than Adonai Mitchell, 532 to 453.
This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 70 percent.
This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 19 percent.
Byes and availability
Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Adonai Mitchell in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Xavier Worthy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Xavier Worthy projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 35 (5.0 a game over 7 games). Xavier Worthy is listed out.
Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Adonai Mitchell?
No. Keep Xavier Worthy: he projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Adonai Mitchell 35 (5.0 a game over 7 games). Xavier Worthy is listed out.
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