Should I start RJ Harvey or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 77 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 7.9 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and Rashod Bateman a wide receiver, 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 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.