Should I start Xavier Worthy or Braelon Allen in Week 10?

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 Braelon Allen, and the board ranks him 99th 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 Braelon Allen is 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 65 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against MIA he carried 17 times for 104 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he carried 21 times for 147 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against KC he carried 8 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 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 Braelon Allen played 4 games and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He carried 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 4.0 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 and Braelon Allen RB100, which are two different ladders.

Xavier Worthy is a wide receiver and Braelon Allen 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 Braelon Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.