RJ Harvey or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 132.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have RJ Harvey at 3.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 books. That is 40 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Rico Dowdle at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 books. 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 so far

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 2, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 42 percent of PIT snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Rico Dowdle played 17 games and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He carried 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and RJ Harvey 12.2, 0.6 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Rico Dowdle RB18.

Rico Dowdle had 90 more carries than RJ Harvey, 236 to 146.

RJ Harvey had 8 more catches than Rico Dowdle, 47 to 39.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 42 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.