Should I start Xavier Worthy or Dalton Kincaid in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 3:16 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Xavier Worthy: 82 percent of the snaps and 23 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dalton Kincaid's 68 percent of the snaps and 15 percent of the targets. 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 Xavier Worthy for Dalton Kincaid?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 120 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 10 games), Xavier Worthy 92 (9.2 a game over 10 games). Dalton Kincaid is listed questionable.
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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.
WR33 · KC · bye 5
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- Market-based projection
- 11.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 76
TE9 · BUF · bye 7
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- Overall rank
- 77
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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 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dalton Kincaid, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
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.
The market-based projection for Dalton Kincaid is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 so far
Through Week 7, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 35 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.
In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.
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.
Through Week 6, Dalton Kincaid has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 25 two minute targets.
His 29 targets have averaged 9.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against LV he caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 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 Dalton Kincaid played 12 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE20.
He caught 39 of 49 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Xavier Worthy was available for 2 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Dalton Kincaid scored 10.5 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 2.7 a game between them.
Xavier Worthy finished WR59 and Dalton Kincaid TE20, which are two different ladders.
Xavier Worthy is a wide receiver and Dalton Kincaid a tight end, 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 Dalton Kincaid in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Dalton Kincaid is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Dalton Kincaid?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dalton Kincaid projects 120 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 10 games), Xavier Worthy 92 (9.2 a game over 10 games). Dalton Kincaid is listed questionable.
Should I drop Dalton Kincaid for Xavier Worthy?
No. Keep Dalton Kincaid: he projects 120 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 10 games), Xavier Worthy 92 (9.2 a game over 10 games). Dalton Kincaid is listed questionable.
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