Who Should I Start? Jameson Williams or Xavier Worthy

Friday, October 3, 4:59 PM

Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams is off to a frustrating start to the 2025 season, recording 10 catches for 214 yards and a touchdown on 20 targets through his first four games. Williams earned a season-best eight targets in Week 4, but he dropped two passes and finished with just two catches for 40 yards. Williams remains a big-play threat, as evidenced by his league-leading average of 21.4 yards per reception. That could set him up well for success in Week 5 against the Cincinnati Bengals, who have allowed the fourth-most receptions of 20-plus yards (14) through the first four weeks of 2025. Williams is tough to trust fully, given his inconsistent production so far this season, but this may be the week for fantasy managers to take a shot at the upside and put him in their lineup. Williams profiles as a high-end WR3/flex option in Week 5 against Cincinnati.

Monday, October 6, 9:30 AM

Kansas City Chiefs second-year receiver out of Texas, Xavier Worthy (ankle/shoulder), turned his ankle in practice over the weekend, and according to NFL Insider Ian Rapoport, he is fine and is expected to play, as the reports from Sunday were more precautionary than anything else. Worthy missed two games with a shoulder injury and returned in Week 4, where he delivered 14.60 fantasy points on five catches for 83 yards in his return, having only played 59 percent of the snaps. As Worthy continues to ramp up while playing with a shoulder brace on, fantasy managers can fire him up as a WR3/flex option for the time being until we see his snap count increase. Worthy has the upside to work his way into WR2 territory, but for the time being, we need to see his snap count rise before that is the case.