Should I start Justin Jefferson or Xavier Worthy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Jefferson, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Justin Jefferson is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 80 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against NO he carried 1 time for -11 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 79 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 7 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 5 of 9 targets for 33 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 84 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 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.

Justin Jefferson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 4.0 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Justin Jefferson had 68 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 141 to 73.

Justin Jefferson had 516 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 1048 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 80 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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