DK Metcalf or RJ Harvey: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

DK Metcalf's market-based projection is 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

RJ Harvey's market-based projection is 8.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 89th highest figure of the 156 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 95 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 5 of 9 targets for 115 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 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.

RJ Harvey was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DK Metcalf scored 12.5 PPR points a game and RJ Harvey 12.2, 0.3 a game between them.

DK Metcalf finished WR26 and RJ Harvey RB20, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

DK Metcalf is off in Week 9 and RJ Harvey in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.2 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.