Start Davante Adams or Xavier Worthy? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Xavier Worthy over Davante Adams in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Xavier Worthy at 10.0 points and Davante Adams at 10.0, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Xavier Worthy'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 10.0 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Xavier Worthy at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Davante Adams, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books give Davante Adams a 44% chance to score a touchdown (15 books).

That puts Xavier Worthy 0.0 points ahead of Davante Adams on the books.

Injury status

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams 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, Davante Adams played 59 percent of LAR snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 1 against SF: 33 of 61 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 26 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 2 against NYG: 40 of 62 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 195 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

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

Davante Adams, Week 15 of 2025 against DET: 33 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 11.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Xavier Worthy over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Davante Adams.
• Start Davante Adams over Chris Olave.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Davante Adams.