Rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy, the game's leading receiver with 85 yards, provided the Chiefs with their best big-play pop, also contributing as a chain-mover on the ground.
Xavier Worthy didn’t forget. It was on the first day of the 2024 NFL Draft that the Kansas City Chiefs traded up for the speedy Texas wideout. Who did they trade with, you ask? Why that would be the team that might have been able to use him in the AFC title game on Sunday: the Buffalo Bills.
Kansas City Chiefs rookie receiver Xavier Worthy had some extra motivation in Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills. While relishing in
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has praised Xavier Worthy's performance against the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game.
Whether Xavier Worthy made the catch on the second quarter pass that appeared to hit the ground after he wrestled it away from a Bills defender depends on who is answering the question.
Wide receiver Xavier Worthy's pylon-reach touchdown restores Kansas City Chiefs' lead vs. Buffalo Bills in the AFC title game.
The #Chiefs regained a narrow lead over the #Bills in the AFC Championship Game after rookie WR Xavier Worthy scored an impressive touchdown.
The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to their third straight Super Bowl after beating the Buffalo Bills and rookie WR Xavier Worthy is a big reason why.
But there was also rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy. Worthy ended the game with a team-high six receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown, as well as two runs for 16 yards. He also came down with arguably the highlight grab of the game with a catch that set up one of Mahomes' two touchdown runs.
The Bills traded away the pick the Chiefs used to take the Texas receiver, while Buffalo moved back to take the Florida State product.
When the Kansas City Chiefs traded up for wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the 2024 NFL Draft, they may have seen something the Buffalo Bills, with whom they traded for the pick, didn't. And that foresight has now paid off ten-fold: the rookie has proven a solid addition to KC's offense,