Should I start Xavier Worthy or Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Pittman Jr., and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market has Michael Pittman Jr. at 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 so far

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.

Through Week 4, Michael Pittman Jr. has been on the field for 78 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 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 Michael Pittman Jr. played 17 games and scored 202.4 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR18.

He caught 80 of 111 targets for 784 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6-7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Pittman Jr. was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Pittman Jr. scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 4.1 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Michael Pittman Jr. WR18.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 38 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 111 to 73.

Michael Pittman Jr. had 252 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 784 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 78 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Michael Pittman Jr. in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Xavier Worthy is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Michael Pittman Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.