Should I start Jordan Mason or Xavier Worthy in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 3.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 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.

Jordan Mason was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 0.2 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 and Xavier Worthy WR59, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Mason is a running back and Xavier Worthy a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.