Should I start Xavier Worthy or Malik Washington in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 1.7 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.

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, Malik Washington has been on the field for 84 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

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.

In 2025 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 1.0 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Malik Washington WR54.

Xavier Worthy had 8 more targets than Malik Washington, 73 to 65.

Xavier Worthy had 215 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 532 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 82 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

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