Should I start RJ Harvey or Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 8?

Updated Nov 2, 11:46 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 31, 4:43 PM ET: RJ Harvey: Out to IR (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 30, 5:13 PM ET: RJ Harvey: Questionable to Out (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 29, 5:58 PM ET: RJ Harvey: Listed Questionable (Knee) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start RJ Harvey: he has been on the field this season, 34 percent of the snaps, and Chris Rodriguez Jr. has no snap on record yet. 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.

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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

RB29 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 8.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank: 79

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

RB32 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 3-4

Market-based projection: 8.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank: 93

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The gap

Board size330 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 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 93rd 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 Chris Rodriguez Jr., 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 7, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 39 percent of DEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 2.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets.

His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 6 times for 41 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 17 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 Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He carried 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Chris Rodriguez Jr. 7.1, 5.1 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB51.

RJ Harvey had 34 more carries than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 146 to 112.

RJ Harvey had 44 more catches than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 47 to 3.

This season Chris Rodriguez Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

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