Tetairoa McMillan vs Xavier Worthy: Who Should You Start?
Tetairoa McMillan and Xavier Worthy are both viable fantasy wide receivers heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Tetairoa McMillan averaged 10.4 PPG across 17 games with the Carolina Panthers, while Xavier Worthy posted 6.3 PPG in 14 appearances for the Kansas City Chiefs.
A 4.1-PPG gap gives Tetairoa McMillan the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Target volume is the story here. Tetairoa McMillan saw 122 targets in 2025, while Xavier Worthy drew 73. That workload gap usually translates into a higher weekly floor for Tetairoa McMillan, even in weeks where Xavier Worthy posts the bigger ceiling game. Consistency-minded managers lean toward target share; boom-bust managers chase the upside.
Tetairoa McMillan has his bye in Week 11, and Xavier Worthy rests in Week 6. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at wide receiver for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
