Start Xavier Worthy or Denzel Boston? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Xavier Worthy over Denzel Boston
- Market projects
- 10.5
- recent weeks avg
- NYJ D vs WR
- 28.5
- 9th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 84%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 10.3
- recent weeks avg
- NO D vs WR
- 29.8
- 14th fewest to WRs (2026)
- Snap share
- 90%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 21%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Denzel Boston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Xavier Worthy 79 (8.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Xavier Worthy over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Xavier Worthy over Denzel Boston in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Xavier Worthy at 10.5 points and Denzel Boston at 10.3, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Xavier Worthy this week yet, so his 10.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (12.0, 11.4 and 8.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Denzel Boston this week yet, so his 10.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (10.6, 10.5 and 9.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Xavier Worthy at ADP 109 and Denzel Boston at 143.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Xavier Worthy yet. His market-based projections were 12.0, 11.4 and 8.0 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.5, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Denzel Boston yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 10.5 and 9.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 10.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Denzel Boston is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).
That puts Xavier Worthy 0.2 points ahead of Denzel Boston on these 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.
Denzel Boston and CLE visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NO allowed 29.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.
Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against NO.
By points allowed to the position, Denzel Boston has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.
Denzel Boston 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, Denzel Boston played 90 percent of CLE snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
Denzel Boston, Week 5 against NYJ: 62 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards, 1 touchdown.
Denzel Boston, Week 6 against BAL: 58 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 15 yards.
Denzel Boston, Week 7 against TEN: 61 of 70 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.
Denzel Boston, Week 8 against PIT: 58 of 70 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 37 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
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Xavier Worthy for Denzel Boston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Denzel Boston projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Xavier Worthy 79 (8.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Xavier Worthy over Denzel Boston. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Denzel Boston for Xavier Worthy?
No. Keep Denzel Boston: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Xavier Worthy 79 (8.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Xavier Worthy over Denzel Boston.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Xavier Worthy playing Week 9?
- Is Denzel Boston playing Week 9?
- Chiefs depth chart
- Browns depth chart
- Week 9 WR rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings