RJ Harvey or Travis Etienne Jr.: 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 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 132.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

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 Travis Etienne Jr. at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 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, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 57 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 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.

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, 57 percent against 51 percent.

This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 21 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 questionable on the injury report.