Should I start Xavier Worthy or Makai Lemon in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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 Makai Lemon is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 7

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.

Through Week 7, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 76 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he caught 7 of 8 targets for 67 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 76 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.