RJ Harvey or Tyjae Spears: 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 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 132.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 191.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have RJ Harvey at 6.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Tyjae Spears at 6.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 books. That is 90 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, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 43 percent of TEN snaps, taken 23 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 7 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 29 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 Tyjae Spears played 13 games and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He carried 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

RJ Harvey was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Tyjae Spears 8.6, 3.6 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Tyjae Spears RB44.

RJ Harvey had 74 more carries than Tyjae Spears, 146 to 72.

RJ Harvey had 2 more catches than Tyjae Spears, 47 to 45.

This season RJ Harvey holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 43 percent.

This season Tyjae Spears holds the bigger share of the carries, 23 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Tyjae Spears in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tyjae Spears is listed as questionable on the injury report.