Should I start RJ Harvey or Dylan Sampson in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dylan Sampson, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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 Dylan Sampson is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have come 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 6 times for 25 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Dylan Sampson this season.

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 Dylan Sampson played 15 games and scored 87.6 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing RB55.

He carried 65 times for 175 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 271 more yards.

That came to 4.3 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 25 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Dylan Sampson 5.8, 6.3 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Dylan Sampson RB55.

RJ Harvey had 81 more carries than Dylan Sampson, 146 to 65.

RJ Harvey had 14 more catches than Dylan Sampson, 47 to 33.

Byes and availability

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

Dylan Sampson is listed as ir on the injury report.