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Worthy healthy and ready for expanded role in screen game and crossing routes after injury-plagued 2025.

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Worthy is healthy heading into the season after a shoulder injury on the third play of the first game last season limited his routes upon return. The Chiefs plan to use him in the screen game and on crossing routes. A Chiefs coach said after Friday practice, "He looks so fast." Worthy left Saturday's practice with a shoulder injury, but early indications suggest it wasn't serious.

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he's healthy, and they hope they can use him (as well as Walker, of course) in the screen game and on crossing routes. One Chiefs coach mentioned Worthy to me after practice Friday and just said, "He looks so fast."
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What did ESPN NFL say about Xavier Worthy?
Worthy is healthy heading into the season after a shoulder injury on the third play of the first game last season limited his routes upon return. The Chiefs plan to use him in the screen game and on crossing routes. A Chiefs coach said after Friday practice, "He looks so fast." Worthy left Saturday's practice with a shoulder injury, but early indications suggest it wasn't serious.
Is this good or bad for Xavier Worthy's fantasy football value?
STACKED tags this as a positive fantasy football signal for Xavier Worthy (WR). Worthy healthy and ready for expanded role in screen game and crossing routes after injury-plagued 2025.
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Xavier Worthy's complete 2026 fantasy football outlook — projections, ADP movement across every platform, injury context, and all source-backed STACKED insights — is on their STACKED player profile.
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