Start Malik Washington or Xavier Worthy? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Xavier Worthy over Malik Washington in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Xavier Worthy at 9.3 points and Malik Washington at 10.4, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Xavier Worthy still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 109 against 165, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Xavier Worthy this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (11.4, 8.0 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Malik Washington this week yet, so his 10.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (10.0, 10.4 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.0, 10.4 and 10.8 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 10.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Xavier Worthy yet. His market-based projections were 11.4, 8.0 and 8.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Malik Washington 1.0 points ahead of Xavier Worthy on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Malik Washington and MIA visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 27.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 130 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Xavier Worthy and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 149 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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

Injury status

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Xavier Worthy is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Malik Washington played 82 percent of MIA snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Washington, Week 5 against CIN: 53 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 18 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 7 against NYJ: 52 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 8 against NE: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Malik Washington, Week 9 against DET: 44 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 0 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards.

Through Week 9, Xavier Worthy played 83 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 25 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Xavier Worthy, Week 9 against NYJ: 49 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 6 catches for 48 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Washington played 17 games for MIA and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 64 air yards.

He was on the field for 56 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 10 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Malik Washington.
• Start Malik Washington over DeMario Douglas.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Xavier Worthy over DeMario Douglas.