Should I start Xavier Worthy or A.J. Brown in Week 6?
Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Week 6 verdict
Start A.J. Brown over Xavier Worthy
Brown projects lower, 11.8 to 12.1, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 17 for Brown, 109 for Worthy.
- Market projects
- 11.8
- fantasy pts
- NYJ D vs WR
- 28.5
- 10th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 44%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 1
- Market projects
- 12.1
- fantasy pts
- LAC D vs WR
- 31.3
- 16th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 80%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 4
Start A.J. Brown over Xavier Worthy in Week 6. Brown projects lower, 11.8 to 12.1, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 17 for Brown, 109 for Worthy.
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- Market-based projection
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Also deciding this week
The gap
- Draft positionno current draft data for both
- Price difference0.2 points a game
- Board size329 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.
The market-based projections
Xavier Worthy's market-based projection is 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.
A.J. Brown's market-based projection is 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 72nd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.
This season so far
Through Week 4, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.
His 22 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.
In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
Through Week 1, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 44 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 4 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.
In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 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 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.
He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.
That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
A.J. Brown was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 A.J. Brown scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 6.8 a game between them.
Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and A.J. Brown WR11.
A.J. Brown had 48 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 121 to 73.
A.J. Brown had 471 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 1003 to 532.
This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 44 percent.
This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 13 percent.
Byes and availability
Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and A.J. Brown in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.
The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.
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