NFL fans roast Xavier Worthy for bringing personal vendetta to Chiefs-Bills AFCCG - "Buddy created his own narrative"

Xavier Worthy is aiming for more than just a Super Bowl appearance in his rookie season — he's also seeking a bit of revenge. However, based on the fan reactions, it seems that this narrative isn’t getting much attention.

On Friday, the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver revealed that Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills is, in some sense, a "revenge game" for him.

It must be remembered that the Chiefs drafted him via a trade-up from 32nd to 28th overall (the Bills eventually traded out of the first round via a 32-33 swap with the Carolina Panthers):

In response, there was plenty of ridicule from fans:

More of it can be seen below:

"So, he was playing at less than 100% this season?" one wondered.

"O a story line," another sighed.

"This is the dumbest manufactured billboard material yet," another groaned.

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Xavier Worthy discusses Super Bowl aspirations, DeAndre Hopkins' mentorship

Making a Super Bowl as a rookie is one of the loftiest accomplishments an NFL player can achieve, let alone winning one. And Xavier Worthy is no different in this regard. In that same presser, he said:

“Man it's just a different feeling just to have the opportunity to play in a game that leads to the Super Bowl. It's always been a dream of mine to play a Super Bowl and just eventually get a Super Bowl ring.”

And he has done so after seeing an unexpected increase in his workload. The Chiefs were initially supposed to lean heavily on Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice in the long-range game, but injuries to both of them forced a pivot toward him and JuJu Smith-Schuster.

Beginning with the Week 11 loss at the Bills, Worthy has not had fewer than 40 yards in the succeeding eight (seven regular-season and one playoff) games. He attributes such consistency to the team’s veterans, like midseason trade acquisition DeAndre Hopkins, whom he has considered a mentor of sorts:

"All the vets, having guys like that makes it real easy just to give you insight on the game and just learning from them and keep taking tools from them."

"And, I can't preach it enough, just learning from D-Hop. As D-Hop says, I'm kind of like the little brother. So, just getting knowledge from them is just going to keep expanding my game."

Kickoff for the AFC Championship Game is at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.