Should I start Chris Olave or Xavier Worthy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Olave, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chris Olave is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. 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 Xavier Worthy is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Chris Olave's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Chris Olave has been on the field for 81 percent of NO snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 71 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 4 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PIT he caught 6 of 10 targets for 56 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 84 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 7 of 7 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Chris Olave was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 9.0 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Chris Olave had 83 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 156 to 73.

Chris Olave had 631 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 1163 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 81 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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