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Should I start Jordan Whittington or Xavier Worthy in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 12:16 AM ET.

Start Xavier Worthy: 80 percent of the snaps and 20 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jordan Whittington's 27 percent of the snaps and 1 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 Jordan Whittington for Xavier Worthy?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Xavier Worthy projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Jordan Whittington 17 (1.9 a game over 9 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR71 · LAR · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection
2.1 pts a game

WR72 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection
12.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
200

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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 Jordan Whittington, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jordan Whittington's market-based projection is 2.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 186th highest figure of the 222 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. 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 6

Through Week 6, Jordan Whittington has been on the field for 29 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BUF he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against ARI he was not given the ball.

Through Week 6, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Whittington played 17 games and scored 36.3 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing WR125.

He caught 18 of 25 targets for 171 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1-2 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 10 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 42 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 Whittington was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Jordan Whittington 2.1, 5.7 a game between them.

Jordan Whittington finished WR125 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Xavier Worthy had 48 more targets than Jordan Whittington, 73 to 25.

Xavier Worthy had 361 more receiving yards than Jordan Whittington, 532 to 171.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 29 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 1 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Jordan Whittington.

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.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Jordan Whittington for Xavier Worthy?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Xavier Worthy projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Jordan Whittington 17 (1.9 a game over 9 games).

  • Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Jordan Whittington?

    No. Keep Xavier Worthy: he projects 92 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (9.2 a game over 10 games), Jordan Whittington 17 (1.9 a game over 9 games).

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