RJ Harvey or George Kittle: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 132.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 121.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have RJ Harvey at 6.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have George Kittle at 7.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 1, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 51 percent of DEN snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 5.5 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.

Through Week 2, George Kittle has been on the field for 47 percent of SF snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIA he caught 4 of 4 targets for 80 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 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and RJ Harvey 12.2, 2.5 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and George Kittle a tight end, 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 George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.