Start Xavier Worthy or Carnell Tate? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Xavier Worthy over Carnell Tate in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Xavier Worthy at 9.6 points and Carnell Tate at 9.1, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Carnell Tate's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.6 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Xavier Worthy at 37.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Carnell Tate at 38.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 books).

That puts Xavier Worthy 0.5 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the books.

Injury status

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Xavier Worthy played 82 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Worthy, Week 1 against DEN: 53 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Xavier Worthy, Week 2 against IND: 69 of 80 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Carnell Tate, Week 1 against NYJ: 44 of 50 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 38 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 2 against PHI: 40 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 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.

Xavier Worthy, Week 17 of 2025 against DEN: 34 of 43 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 0.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Xavier Worthy over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Xavier Worthy over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.