Should I start RJ Harvey or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 8:26 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Aaron Jones Sr.: 80 percent of the snaps and 74 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against RJ Harvey's 41 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop RJ Harvey for Aaron Jones Sr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), RJ Harvey 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games). Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RJ Harvey

RB32 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection: 8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 100

Aaron Jones Sr.

RB · MIN · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 5-0

Market-based projection: 16.2 pts a game Wk 5 price
Overall rank: 303

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The gap

Board size332 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 303rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for RJ Harvey, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have come 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 7 times for 25 yards, caught 10 of 10 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 6 times for 25 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he carried 25 times for 113 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 RJ Harvey played 17 games and scored 206.6 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing RB20.

He carried 146 times for 540 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 47 of 58 targets for 356 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 2.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 2.3 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

RJ Harvey had 14 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 146 to 132.

RJ Harvey had 19 more catches than Aaron Jones Sr., 47 to 28.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 41 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop RJ Harvey for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), RJ Harvey 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games). Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for RJ Harvey?
No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), RJ Harvey 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games). Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.