Start Xavier Worthy or Emeka Egbuka? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Emeka Egbuka over Xavier Worthy in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Emeka Egbuka at 8.9 points and Xavier Worthy at 12.1, a gap of 3.2. Emeka Egbuka still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 36 against 109, and that outweighs a gap this size.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Emeka Egbuka, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Emeka Egbuka is 37 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (14, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 49 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (12, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Xavier Worthy 3.2 points ahead of Emeka Egbuka on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Emeka Egbuka and TB host PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 144 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Xavier Worthy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Emeka Egbuka is not on the injury report.

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka played 85 percent of TB snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 2 against CLE: 56 of 65 snaps, 1 carry for -3 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 3 against MIN: 51 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 4 against GB: 59 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Emeka Egbuka, Week 5 against DAL: 64 of 72 snaps, 1 carry for 14 yards, 9 targets and 6 catches for 38 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Emeka Egbuka played 17 games for TB and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 603 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Emeka Egbuka over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Emeka Egbuka over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start A.J. Brown over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Carnell Tate over Xavier Worthy.