Start Xavier Worthy or Khalil Shakir? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Xavier Worthy over Khalil Shakir in Week 1.

Xavier Worthy is priced by the books at 3.6 projected points. Khalil Shakir has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Xavier Worthy at ADP 107 and Khalil Shakir at 98. Market coverage on Xavier Worthy is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Khalil Shakir in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Khalil Shakir and BUF visit HOU.

HOU allowed 41.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns against HOU.

Xavier Worthy and KC host DEN on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DEN allowed 14.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 37 yards and a touchdown against DEN.

By points allowed to the position, Khalil Shakir has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Khalil Shakir was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Xavier Worthy was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Khalil Shakir played 16 games for BUF and scored 166.4 PPR points, 10.4 a game, finishing WR36.

He caught 72 of 95 targets for 719 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets and 178 air yards.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Khalil Shakir, Week 17 of 2025 against PHI: 59 of 76 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 35 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

Khalil Shakir, Week 16 of 2025 against CLE: 24 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 34 yards, 7.4 PPR points.

Khalil Shakir, Week 15 of 2025 against NE: 48 of 70 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 65 yards, 11.5 PPR points.

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.

Xavier Worthy, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 38 of 45 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards, 6.1 PPR points.

Xavier Worthy, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 41 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards, 5.5 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Xavier Worthy scored 4.8 PPR points and Khalil Shakir scored 9.0.

The call was wrong: Khalil Shakir outscored Xavier Worthy by 4.2.

Xavier Worthy finished 1.2 points above the 3.7 the props implied.

Xavier Worthy, Week 1 against DEN: 53 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 4.8 PPR points.

Xavier Worthy finished as the week's WR73 in PPR scoring.

Khalil Shakir, Week 1 against HOU: 31 of 58 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards, 9.0 PPR points.

Khalil Shakir finished as the week's WR41 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

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• Start Jakobi Meyers over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Jayden Reed over Khalil Shakir.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Jalen Coker over Xavier Worthy.