Should I start Mark Andrews or Xavier Worthy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mark Andrews is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.1 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 63 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 3 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against JAX he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 47 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against NYJ he caught 6 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Mark Andrews was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 0.1 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 and Xavier Worthy WR59, which are two different ladders.

Mark Andrews is a tight end 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

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

Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.