Start Xavier Worthy or Caleb Douglas? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Xavier Worthy over Caleb Douglas in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Xavier Worthy at 9.5 points and Caleb Douglas at 8.4, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Xavier Worthy at ADP 109 and Caleb Douglas at 215.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 38 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 10 and 9 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Caleb Douglas, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Caleb Douglas is 40 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Xavier Worthy 1.1 points ahead of Caleb Douglas on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Xavier Worthy and KC host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

Caleb Douglas and MIA host DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 37.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 176 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against DET.

By points allowed to the position, Caleb Douglas has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Caleb Douglas is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Xavier Worthy played 84 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Worthy, Week 4 against LV: 45 of 60 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 70 yards.

Xavier Worthy, Week 6 against LAC: 51 of 61 snaps, 7 targets and 7 catches for 73 yards.

Xavier Worthy, Week 7 against SEA: 46 of 53 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 11 yards.

Xavier Worthy, Week 8 against DEN: 65 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 13 yards.

Through Week 8, Caleb Douglas played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Caleb Douglas, Week 1 against LV: 51 of 56 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 94 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 2 against SF: 51 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Caleb Douglas, Week 7 against NYJ: 44 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 70 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Caleb Douglas, Week 8 against NE: 56 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Xavier Worthy played 14 games for KC 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 and 339 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Caleb Douglas over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Caleb Douglas.