Start Denzel Boston or Xavier Worthy? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Denzel Boston over Xavier Worthy in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Denzel Boston at 10.6 points and Xavier Worthy at 10.2, a gap of 0.4. 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 10.6 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Denzel Boston at 48.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.2 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).

That puts Denzel Boston 0.4 points ahead of Xavier Worthy on the books.

Injury status

Denzel Boston is not on the injury report.

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Denzel Boston played 93 percent of CLE snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 52 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 1 against JAX: 47 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 2 against TB: 54 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

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 Denzel Boston over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Devaughn Vele over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over George Kittle.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Courtland Sutton.