Should I start Courtland Sutton or Xavier Worthy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 2.5 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 Xavier Worthy is 2.5 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 77 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 4 of 4 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Courtland Sutton was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 5.1 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Courtland Sutton had 51 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 124 to 73.

Courtland Sutton had 485 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 1017 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 77 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.