Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or RJ Harvey in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against RJ Harvey's 41 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for RJ Harvey?
Yes, on the rest of the season. RJ Harvey projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB40 · GB · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 122
RB50 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 2-3
- Market-based projection
- 8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 152
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 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.
Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.
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.
Head to head
This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 41 percent.
This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and RJ Harvey in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for RJ Harvey?
Yes, on the rest of the season. RJ Harvey projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop RJ Harvey for Pierre Strong Jr.?
No. Keep RJ Harvey: he projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games).
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