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Should I start Brian Robinson Jr. or RJ Harvey in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

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Start RJ Harvey: 41 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Brian Robinson Jr.'s 27 percent of the snaps and 32 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 Brian Robinson Jr. for RJ Harvey?

Yes, on the rest of the season. RJ Harvey projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. 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.

RB28 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Overall rank
81

RB50 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection
8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
152

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The gap

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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 Brian Robinson Jr., and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Brian Robinson Jr. at 6.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Brian Robinson Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson Jr. has been on the field for 31 percent of ATL snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 14 times for 62 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 7 times for 16 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he carried 2 times for 1 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brian Robinson Jr. played 17 games and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He carried 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.4 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson Jr. 3.7, 8.5 a game between them.

Brian Robinson Jr. finished RB63 that year and RJ Harvey RB20.

RJ Harvey had 54 more carries than Brian Robinson Jr., 146 to 92.

RJ Harvey had 39 more catches than Brian Robinson Jr., 47 to 8.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 31 percent.

This season Brian Robinson Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 31 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Robinson Jr. is off in Week 11 and RJ Harvey in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Brian Robinson Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Brian Robinson Jr. for RJ Harvey?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. RJ Harvey projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop RJ Harvey for Brian Robinson Jr.?

    No. Keep RJ Harvey: he projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Brian Robinson Jr. 44 (4.4 a game over 10 games). Brian Robinson Jr. is listed questionable.

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