Should I start Mike Gesicki or Xavier Worthy in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mike Gesicki is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 48 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 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 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Mike Gesicki 5.4, 2.4 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 and Xavier Worthy WR59, which are two different ladders.

Mike Gesicki 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

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

Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.