Braelon Allen or RJ Harvey: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 books have Braelon Allen at 5.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 40 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 10 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Braelon Allen played 4 games and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He carried 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 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 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 8.3 a game between them.

Braelon Allen finished RB100 that year and RJ Harvey RB20.

RJ Harvey had 128 more carries than Braelon Allen, 146 to 18.

RJ Harvey had 45 more catches than Braelon Allen, 47 to 2.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 40 percent.

This season Braelon Allen holds the bigger share of the carries, 28 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Braelon Allen is off in Week 13 and RJ Harvey in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

RJ Harvey is listed as questionable on the injury report.