We’ve never had a test case like this before.
How high can a player’s fantasy football average draft position rise after a shoutout from Taylor Swift?
Welcome to the experiment, Xavier Worthy.
The Kansas City Chiefs’ speedy wide receiver was shouted out by the pop sensation during her appearance with the Kelce brothers on their New Heights podcast on Wednesday night.
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Swift told the story of how when the Chiefs drafted Worthy, she ran around her house in excitement for having drafted the fastest player in his class.
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If you think there aren’t a bunch of Swifties ready to get on Taylor’s side and draft Worthy to their fantasy team, you’re wrong.
Worthy is currently WR23 off the board, per FantasyPros.
That’s a fair price for a deep-threat wideout with Patrick Mahomes.
But there could be one Swift fan in every league who goes a round or two earlier to ensure they’ve got Worthy and can then run around their own house letting everyone know that they, too, drafted Worthy.
It might be worth it just for the memes.
For that matter, someone should ask Taylor when she would draft Worthy? She sounded off with some strong football intelligence on the podcast. She’d probably have as good of analysis as anyone else for this fickle game that’s rather unpredictable.
But in general, if you want Worthy, go and get him. He might go from feeling WR22 to feeling pick 22.
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