Start Xavier Worthy or Carnell Tate? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Carnell Tate over Xavier Worthy in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.7 points and Xavier Worthy at 12.2, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Carnell Tate at ADP 81 and Xavier Worthy at 109.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.2 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 50 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (13, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.7 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 54 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (9, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Xavier Worthy 0.6 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Xavier Worthy and KC host LAC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAC allowed 31.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 132 yards and a touchdown a game against LAC.

Carnell Tate and TEN visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

By points allowed to the position, Carnell Tate has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Xavier Worthy played 80 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 9 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.

Xavier Worthy, Week 3 against MIA: 43 of 52 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

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

Through Week 5, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Carnell Tate, Week 3 against NYG: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 4 against BAL: 54 of 64 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 145 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 5 against HOU: 48 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 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 6 calls

• Start Xavier Worthy over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Xavier Worthy over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.