{"id":52879,"date":"2025-06-02T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52879"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:00:25","slug":"chiefs-xavier-worthy-reveals-rookie-stepping-stone-key-to-year-2-form-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52879","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy Reveals Rookie ‘Stepping Stone’ Key To Year 2 Form Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kansas City Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy is ready to build on his efforts in his rookie season.<\/div>\n
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The life of an\u00a0NFL\u00a0rookie isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, and for\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0receiver Xavier Worthy, his first season was a classic tale of two halves.<\/p>\n

Still learning the playbook and how\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0likes to do things, Worthy only posted yards totals of 40+ just twice in his first nine games. However, the Week 10 loss to the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0marked a turning point, as a string of performances finally saw things click for Worthy.<\/p>\n

He posted seven straight games of 40+ yards before continuing that in the playoffs with 287 yards and three touchdowns in three games (157 yards in the\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0loss).<\/p>\n

Worthy started slow, but finished in blazing hot form, and it’s something he wants to continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe end of last year was kind of like a stepping stone for me,”\u00a0Worthy said. “Just learning and getting a better feel for what Pat likes, and I started feeling like that got better at the end of the year, so just continue that and use that momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1).<\/p>\n

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Worthy’s regular season stat line of 58 receptions, 638 yards, and six touchdowns is a good return, and now, as he enters Year 2, he’ll get more help from the returning\u00a0Rashee Rice\u00a0and what Kansas City hopes is a better version of Marquise Brown.<\/p>\n

Speed is still Xavier’s one-wood, and defenses have to stop the long bombs downfield, but he showed he is more than just a speed threat, with his ability to be used on quick slants and even jet sweeps to good effect.<\/p>\n