Start Xavier Worthy or Terry McLaurin? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Terry McLaurin over Xavier Worthy in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Terry McLaurin at 9.7 points and Xavier Worthy at 9.6, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Terry McLaurin's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.7 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Terry McLaurin at 42.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.6 fantasy points for Xavier Worthy, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Xavier Worthy at 36.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10 and 15 books).

That puts Terry McLaurin 0.1 points ahead of Xavier Worthy on the books.

Injury status

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Xavier Worthy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Terry McLaurin played 79 percent of WAS snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 2, Xavier Worthy played 82 percent of KC snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 18 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 9.7 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.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Carnell Tate.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Xavier Worthy.
• Start Xavier Worthy over Courtland Sutton.