Should I start Rashee Rice or Xavier Worthy in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

Through Week 6, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 10.9 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Rashee Rice had 5 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 78 to 73.

Rashee Rice had 39 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 571 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 64 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.