Should I start Deebo Samuel Sr. or Xavier Worthy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Deebo Samuel Sr., and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s market-based projection is 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 68th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 57 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 2 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 3 times for 44 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. played 16 games and scored 188.2 PPR points, 11.8 a game, finishing WR25.

He caught 72 of 99 targets for 727 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 10.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 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.

Deebo Samuel Sr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Deebo Samuel Sr. scored 11.8 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 3.9 a game between them.

Deebo Samuel Sr. finished WR25 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Deebo Samuel Sr. had 26 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 99 to 73.

Deebo Samuel Sr. had 195 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 727 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 57 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Deebo Samuel Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Xavier Worthy is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Xavier Worthy has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.