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Should I start Xavier Worthy or Alvin Kamara in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 12:06 PM ET.

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  • : Xavier Worthy: Listed Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Alvin Kamara: Listed Questionable (Back) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Xavier Worthy: 85 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Alvin Kamara's 43 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the carries. 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 Alvin Kamara 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), Alvin Kamara 60 (7.5 a game over 8 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.

WR37 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-7

Market-based projection
8.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
98

RB39 · NO · bye 8

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Market-based projection
12.0 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
124

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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 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Alvin Kamara, and the board ranks him 124th 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 Alvin Kamara is 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 37 percent of NO snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 7 times for 34 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 6 times for 5 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CLE he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 17 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 Alvin Kamara played 11 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He carried 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 1.3 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 and Alvin Kamara RB46, which are two different ladders.

Xavier Worthy is a wide receiver and Alvin Kamara a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Alvin Kamara 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), Alvin Kamara 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games). Xavier Worthy is listed out.

  • Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Alvin Kamara?

    No. Keep Xavier Worthy: he projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games), Alvin Kamara 60 (7.5 a game over 8 games). Xavier Worthy is listed out.

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