Should I start RJ Harvey or Tanner McKee in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:26 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tanner McKee: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Tanner McKee?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), RJ Harvey 87 (8.7 a game over 10 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

RB46 · DEN · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection: 8.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 143

Tanner McKee

QB24 · PHI · bye unlisted

Overall rank: 144

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The gap

Board size314 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 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tanner McKee, and the board ranks him 144th 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 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.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 13.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback'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, Tanner McKee has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 48 times and thrown 8.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 48 dropbacks.

In Week 6 against CAR he completed 26 of 45 passes for 215 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

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 Tanner McKee played 4 games and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He threw for 274 yards on 43 attempts with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 10.8 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Tanner McKee 3.7, 8.5 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and Tanner McKee QB55, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and Tanner McKee a quarterback, 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. No bye is listed for Tanner McKee.

Drop or keep

Should I drop RJ Harvey for Tanner McKee?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Tanner McKee projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), RJ Harvey 87 (8.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Tanner McKee for RJ Harvey?
No. Keep Tanner McKee: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), RJ Harvey 87 (8.7 a game over 10 games).