Should I start RJ Harvey or Corey Kiner in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

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 7, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

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 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 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 Corey Kiner 2.3, 9.8 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Corey Kiner RB112.

RJ Harvey had 134 more carries than Corey Kiner, 146 to 12.

RJ Harvey had 45 more catches than Corey Kiner, 47 to 2.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 39 percent against 12 percent.

This season Corey Kiner holds the bigger share of the carries, 18 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

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