Should I start RJ Harvey or Theo Wease Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on RJ Harvey, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Theo Wease Jr., and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 1.4 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 has Theo Wease Jr. at 0.5 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 so far

Through Week 7, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 39 percent of DEN snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 2.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Theo Wease Jr. has been on the field for 56 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets and seen 2 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 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 Theo Wease Jr. played 3 games and scored 25.9 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing WR143.

He caught 6 of 10 targets for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 23.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 32 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Theo Wease Jr. 8.6, 3.5 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 and Theo Wease Jr. WR143, which are two different ladders.

RJ Harvey is a running back and Theo Wease Jr. 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 Theo Wease Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.