Fantasy Football Position Battles: Xavier Worthy, Rashee Rice, Marquise Brown (2024)

The 2024 NFL season is over three months away. However, offensive programming is underway. While the upcoming season is still off in the distance, NFL position battles are underway. Here’s a look at three wide receiver fantasy football position battles to monitor over the summer. And below we dive into a notable fantasy football position battle.

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Fantasy Football Position Battles To Monitor

Wide receiver ADP via Underdog Fantasy

Chiefs Fantasy Football Position Battles

Xavier Worthy (ADP: 60.1 | WR34)
Marquise Brown (ADP: 60.2 | WR35)
Rashee Rice (ADP: 82.5 | WR46)

Fantasy players have fallen for the rookie hype surrounding a Chiefs wide receiver in the past – just ask anyone who overdrafted Skyy Moore or said that Justyn Ross would be a thing. However, Worthy’s hype isn’t the same as past Kansas City wide receivers. Everyone knows the former Texas star broke the NFL Combine record with a 4.21 40-yard dash. Yet, he is more than just a speed demon. Worthy can separate and run routes at every level of the field.

Unfortunately, Brown has struggled with injuries, missing eight contests over the past two seasons. He signed a one-year prove-it deal with the Chiefs in free agency before they traded up for Worthy during the NFL Draft. Yet, his ADP is nearly identical to the rookie. Brown is the veteran in the role, but he might end up being a bigger-name Marquez Valdes-Scantling in Kansas City. While the former Oklahoma star has been the No. 1 wide receiver in the past, fantasy players should temper expectations in 2024.

Rice’s off-the-field troubles have pushed his ADP significantly lower than his two teammates. Last year, he was the WR6 from Week 12 through Week 17, averaging 14.9 half-point PPR fantasy points per game. However, Rice had a 25.2% target share and a 30% target per route run rate during those six weeks (per Fantasy Points Data). He won’t see that kind of volume without significant injuries again in 2024. Fantasy players should avoid drafting Rice in any format until the NFL announces how long his suspension will be.