RJ Harvey or Calvin Ridley: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

What the sportsbooks 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.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

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, 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.

Through Week 1, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 64 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

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 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 5.4 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and Calvin Ridley WR116, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and Calvin Ridley a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, 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.