Aaron Rodgers or RJ Harvey: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 119.

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Rodgers at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 66th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The books have RJ Harvey at 4.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 50 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

RJ Harvey's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 100 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 42 times and thrown 10.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 5 of 42 dropbacks.

In Week 1 against ATL he completed 24 of 40 passes for 221 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 1, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 51 percent of DEN snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 5.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 3 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

RJ Harvey was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and RJ Harvey 12.2, 2.5 a game between them.

Aaron Rodgers finished QB18 and RJ Harvey RB20, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Rodgers is a quarterback and RJ Harvey a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and RJ Harvey in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

RJ Harvey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

RJ Harvey is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.