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Should I start Rashee Rice or RJ Harvey in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 7:21 AM ET.

Start Rashee Rice: 57 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets 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 RJ Harvey for Rashee Rice?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashee Rice projects 140 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.7 a game over 11 games), RJ Harvey 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games). Rashee Rice is listed out.

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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.

WR49 · KC · bye 5

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Overall rank
111

RB35 · DEN · bye 10

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Market-based projection
8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
113

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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 Rashee Rice, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashee Rice is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rashee Rice's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 64 percent of KC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he was not given the ball.

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

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

RJ Harvey was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and RJ Harvey 12.2, 6.6 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 and RJ Harvey RB20, which are two different ladders.

Rashee Rice is a wide receiver and RJ Harvey a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and RJ Harvey in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashee Rice is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop RJ Harvey for Rashee Rice?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashee Rice projects 140 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.7 a game over 11 games), RJ Harvey 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games). Rashee Rice is listed out.

  • Should I drop Rashee Rice for RJ Harvey?

    No. Keep Rashee Rice: he projects 140 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.7 a game over 11 games), RJ Harvey 91 (9.1 a game over 10 games). Rashee Rice is listed out.

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