Start Stefon Diggs or Xavier Worthy? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Xavier Worthy over Stefon Diggs in Week 1.

Xavier Worthy is priced by the books at 3.6 projected points. Stefon Diggs 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 Stefon Diggs at 99. 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 Stefon Diggs 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

Stefon Diggs and WAS visit PHI.

PHI allowed 36.7 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 11th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns against PHI.

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, Stefon Diggs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Stefon Diggs 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, Stefon Diggs played 17 games for NE and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 659 air yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 3 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards, 7.3 PPR points.

Stefon Diggs, Week 17 of 2025 against NYJ: 34 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 6 catches for 101 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.1 PPR points.

Stefon Diggs, Week 16 of 2025 against BAL: 44 of 74 snaps, 10 targets and 9 catches for 138 yards, 22.8 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 Stefon Diggs scored 15.5.

The call was wrong: Stefon Diggs outscored Xavier Worthy by 10.7.

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.

Stefon Diggs, Week 1 against PHI: 44 of 70 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.5 PPR points.

Stefon Diggs finished as the week's WR19 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Jakobi Meyers over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Jayden Reed over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Jordan Addison over Stefon Diggs.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Jalen Coker over Xavier Worthy.