Josh Downs or Xavier Worthy: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Downs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Josh Downs at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Xavier Worthy at 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Josh Downs's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Josh Downs has been on the field for 79 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 5 of 11 targets for 77 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 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.

Josh Downs was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 0.7 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Josh Downs had 15 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 88 to 73.

Josh Downs had 34 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 566 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 79 percent.

This season Josh Downs holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.