Should I start Xavier Worthy or Stefon Diggs in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Stefon Diggs, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.5 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-based projection for Stefon Diggs is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 84 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 7 of 7 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 8, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 61 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SF he caught 6 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 4.5 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

Stefon Diggs had 29 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 102 to 73.

Stefon Diggs had 481 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 1013 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 61 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.