To say that Xavier Worthy has been a disappointing player for the Kansas City Chiefs would be a massive understatement. He entered the league as a highly touted first-round pick with the potential to be Tyreek Hill's heir, and that clearly hasn't been the case.
Worthy has been pretty banged up since he entered the league. Given his lanky frame, he's struggled to deal with the physicality of the pro game, and he might be looking at another long layoff after Week 9.
The former first-round selection left the win over the New York Jets with a non-contact injury, and it didn't take long for the team to rule him out for the remainder of the contest. After the game, Andy Reid confirmed that he tweaked his hamstring, and he said there's no timetable for his return.
The Chiefs must move on from Xavier Worthy as soon as they can
Worthy has been vastly underwhelming since he joined the Chiefs. Ironically, he was having a solid game before leaving, hauling in six receptions on as many targets for 48 yards. All in all, he's registered 33 receptions for 278 yards and one touchdown this season.
He's averaging 34.8 receiving yards per game, and that's despite being the team's primary wide receiver multiple times and having one of the best quarterbacks in football. That says all there is to know about his production.
Worthy will enter his fourth season with the organization in 2027, and there's just no way the Chiefs should pick up his fifth-year option. If there were still someone who legitimately believed he was a part of the organization's future, this new injury should finally be the straw that broke the camel's back.
Hamstring injuries are tricky and tend to linger. The Chiefs have always erred on the side of caution with their skinny wideout, so even though they haven't revealed the extent of the injury, it wouldn't be much of a surprise to see him miss more than a month with this ailment.
Worthy is unreliable as a pass catcher and injury-prone as a player. He hasn't panned out, and the Chiefs can't afford to keep trusting him to figure things out and be available after all the well-documented struggles.
Whether they will finally make a long-overdue move to give Mahomes some much-needed help remains to be seen, but after yet another injury, this organization should finally be done with its former first-round pick.
Add us as a preferred source on Google