Should I start Xavier Worthy or Tyler Shough in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Shough, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

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-based projection for Tyler Shough is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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, Tyler Shough has been on the field for 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 341 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 49 of 341 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.

In Week 6 against NYG he completed 16 of 30 passes for 144 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 33 yards.

In Week 7 against PIT he completed 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against CLE he completed 21 of 35 passes for 265 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 9 times for 52 yards.

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 Tyler Shough played 11 games and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He threw for 2384 yards on 327 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 29.7 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyler Shough scored 14.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 7.1 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 and Tyler Shough QB26, which are two different ladders.

Xavier Worthy is a wide receiver and Tyler Shough a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Tyler Shough in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Xavier Worthy is listed as out on the injury report.