Xavier Worthy start or sit: Week 15 fantasy football advice

The 6-7 Kansas City Chiefs host 9-4 Los Angeles Chargers as 5.5-point home favorites this Sunday. The Chiefs are extremely close to being eliminated from the playoff race. A loss this week along with wins by the Bills, Jaguars, and Texans would end the dream of going to their fourth straight Super Bowl and seventh Super Bowl in eight seasons.

They are favorites and the Chargers offense has looked pretty bad since losing Joe Alt, but the Chiefs still need to pass the ball, as they have no running game. Getting Xavier Worthy going would be great for their offense, but getting him going has not worked well this season.

Below, we’ll go over Xavier Worthy’s outlook in fantasy football for Week 15.

We know Worthy has speed and ability, and if he hadn’t gotten hurt against the Chargers in Week 1, he may have gotten some momentum going and given them two strong receivers once Rashee Rice returned from his suspension. Unfortunately he did get hurt and then Rice came back to take over the WR1 role and the Chiefs passing attack continued to be hit and miss.

Worthy hasn’t been awful, as he’s topped 55 receiving yards in three straight games, but also hasn’t finished better than WR35 since Week 6, when he caught his only touchdown of the year. We know Worthy has the ability to go the distance for a long touchdown at any time, but he hasn’t done it once this season. Worthy has the upside, but hasn’t shown it much this year and the Chargers defense has been very tough on wide receivers, allowing the fifth-fewest yards and the second-fewest touchdowns to the position.

Sit.

Sit.