Should I start Lamar Jackson or Xavier Worthy in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 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.

Xavier Worthy was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 9.2 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Xavier Worthy WR59, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback 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

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

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.