Should I start Xavier Worthy or Denzel Boston in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 3:31 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Latest
- : Xavier Worthy: Listed Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Denzel Boston: Listed Questionable (Calf) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 10 verdict
Start Denzel Boston over Xavier Worthy
- Market projects
- 9.7
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs WR
- 37.3
- 4th most to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 91%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 22%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 9.3
- recent weeks avg
- ATL D vs WR
- 30.1
- 15th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 83%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 9
Start Denzel Boston: 88 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Xavier Worthy's 85 percent of the snaps and 18 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 Denzel Boston?
Not on these numbers alone. Xavier Worthy projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games) and Denzel Boston 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Denzel Boston over Xavier Worthy. Xavier Worthy is listed out.
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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.
WR34 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs anytime td line 1-7
- Market-based projection
- 8.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 83
WR51 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 3-6
- Market-based projection
- 8.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 110
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The gap
- Board size307 draftable players
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 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Denzel Boston, and the board ranks him 110th 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 Denzel Boston is 1.8 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 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, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 91 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 20 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 56 two minute targets.
His 60 targets have averaged 14.5 air yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 27 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against PIT he caught 6 of 11 targets for 37 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 98 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.
Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Head to head
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger snap share, 91 percent against 83 percent.
This season Denzel Boston holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 19 percent.
Byes and availability
Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Denzel Boston?
Not on these numbers alone. Xavier Worthy projects 72 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (9.0 a game over 8 games) and Denzel Boston 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Denzel Boston over Xavier Worthy. Xavier Worthy is listed out.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Xavier Worthy?
Not on these numbers alone. Denzel Boston projects 74 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 7 games) and Xavier Worthy 72 (9.0 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Denzel Boston over Xavier Worthy. Xavier Worthy is listed out.
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