Should I start Malik Nabers or Xavier Worthy in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 2.6 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 Xavier Worthy is 2.2 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 12 of 15 targets for 165 yards and did not score.

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 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 6.4 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Xavier Worthy had 38 more targets than Malik Nabers, 73 to 35.

Xavier Worthy had 261 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 532 to 271.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 77 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.