Interesting buy window for Xavier Worthy

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Worthy coming off of an underwhelming season obviously presents by itself as a buy low opportunity in a vacuum. However what seemingly isn't being priced into Worthy at the moment is the potential for another Rashee Rice suspension or the chiefs choosing to not re-sign him as he is in his contract year. The continued headache of Rice may not be worth it for the chiefs even if historically they have given players long leashes. We have seen Worthy be successful in the "Rice role" his rookie year and he was highly targeted player in weeks 4 and 5 last year prior to Rice returning. What we know about the "Rice role" is that it is a heavy slot/flanker based role being moved around the formation to work more into zone coverages and less against man coverage. Both Rice and Worthy struggle against man while both are much better zone against zone, hence why both have had success when tasked to do play this part. Since we have seen Worthy do well in this role previously which also matches his strengths as a player, and since we have uncertainty regarding Rice's future in the NFL (let alone with the chiefs) I propose this makes Worthy a fairly interesting buy at price currently for me. The chiefs definitely have the potential to draft a WR at 9 this year, and every part of me hopes carnell tate ends up there. The chiefs have been dying to get a real X WR to beat man and press coverage for years and Tate would work seamlessly there at X for the chiefs. This leaves the flanker/slot role up still available for either Rice or Worthy. Would also like to see Denzel Boston in the late first at X as well if Tate isn't an option. What would kill any hype for Rice or Worthy would be if Chiefs were to draft lemon who would obviously be the long term player for flanker/slot role. Concepcion also has the chops for that role and can play well at X too. Tyson is someone that could also be extrapolated into a full field receiver as well. This make the chiefs picks in the first round to be really interesting and especially telling if they go WR for what they want out of the room going forward FWIW, I write this after buying xavier worthy for Isaiah likely in a .75 TEP league on a rebuilder. I definitely take A KTC value loss, but I feel the upside if Rice isnt in KC past this year was worth getting off likely. if im wrong it wont be the first time submitted by /u/RazzleDazzleMcClain [link] [comments]