RJ Harvey or Jordan Mason: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 115.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have RJ Harvey at 4.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 50 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Jordan Mason at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 through Week 1

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 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 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 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 4.1 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

Jordan Mason had 13 more carries than RJ Harvey, 159 to 146.

RJ Harvey had 33 more catches than Jordan Mason, 47 to 14.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 45 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

RJ Harvey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.