Should I start RJ Harvey or Samaje Perine in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 2:21 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Samaje Perine: 39 percent of the snaps and 32 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 Samaje Perine 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), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 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.

RJ Harvey

RB44 · DEN · bye 10

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Market-based projection: 8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 126

Samaje Perine

RB47 · CIN · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Overall rank: 133

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The gap

Board size309 draftable players

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 RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Samaje Perine, and the board ranks him 133rd 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 Samaje Perine is 1.7 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.

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

This season so far

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 5, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 37 percent of CIN snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 14 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 7.0 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

RJ Harvey had 62 more carries than Samaje Perine, 146 to 84.

RJ Harvey had 30 more catches than Samaje Perine, 47 to 17.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 37 percent.

This season Samaje Perine holds the bigger share of the carries, 25 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Samaje Perine in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Samaje Perine 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), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).
Should I drop RJ Harvey for Samaje Perine?
No. Keep RJ Harvey: he projects 87 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (8.7 a game over 10 games), Samaje Perine 25 (2.3 a game over 11 games).