Should I start RJ Harvey or Pierre Strong in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong, and the board ranks him 128th 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 8 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 Pierre Strong is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong 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.

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.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 41 percent.

This season Pierre Strong holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

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