Should I start Xavier Worthy or Omar Cooper Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omar Cooper Jr., and the board ranks him 140th 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 Omar Cooper Jr. at 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.

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

This season through Week 9

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 9, Omar Cooper Jr. has been on the field for 76 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 115 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LV he was not given the ball.

In Week 9 against KC he caught 8 of 11 targets for 58 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.

Omar Cooper Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 76 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.