RJ Harvey or Denzel Boston: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price RJ Harvey at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Denzel Boston at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 43 percent of DEN snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 2.8 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.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 7 times for 25 yards, caught 10 of 10 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 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.

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

RJ Harvey is a running back and Denzel Boston 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 Denzel Boston in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.