Xavier Worthy vs. Davante Adams: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Xavier Worthy. Davante Adams is on a bye, and Xavier Worthy is projected for 8.7 PPR points vs DEN.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Xavier Worthy vs. Davante Adams: Week 8 side by side

Xavier Worthy
WR · KC
Davante Adams
WR · LAR
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)8.7—
Floor (lowest source)8.2—
Ceiling (highest source)9.1—
StatChasers projection8.3 (WR48)—
Opponentvs DENBye
Opponent vs. position7th-toughest (27.8 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage23% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Xavier Worthy vs. Davante Adams Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Xavier Worthy or Davante Adams in Week 8?

Start Xavier Worthy. Davante Adams is on a bye, while Xavier Worthy projects for 8.7 PPR points vs DEN.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Xavier Worthy or Davante Adams?

Xavier Worthy plays DEN and Davante Adams is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Xavier Worthy vs. Davante Adams?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Xavier Worthy and Davante Adams playing in Week 8?

Xavier Worthy has no injury designation, and Davante Adams is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Xavier Worthy and Davante Adams projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Xavier Worthy is projected by 5 of them and Davante Adams by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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