RJ Harvey or Travis Etienne Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price RJ Harvey at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Travis Etienne Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 43 percent of DEN snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have come 2.8 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.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 7 times for 25 yards, caught 10 of 10 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 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.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 43 percent.

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 38 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Travis Etienne Jr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.