RJ Harvey or Jake Ferguson: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price RJ Harvey at 8.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 34th highest figure of the 124 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 124 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 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

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.

Through Week 5, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 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 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jake Ferguson 11.1, 1.1 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and Jake Ferguson TE5, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and Jake Ferguson 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. No bye is listed for Jake Ferguson.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.