Start Cam Skattebo or RJ Harvey? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Cam Skattebo over RJ Harvey in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Cam Skattebo at 12.4 points and RJ Harvey at 11.5, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.4 fantasy points for Cam Skattebo, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Cam Skattebo at 59.5 rushing yards, 12.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 45% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12, 12 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.5 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has RJ Harvey at 18.5 rushing yards, 27.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Cam Skattebo 0.9 points ahead of RJ Harvey on the market projections.

Injury status

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Cam Skattebo played 65 percent of NYG snaps, took 59 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

Cam Skattebo, Week 1 against DAL: 42 of 69 snaps, 18 carries for 81 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cam Skattebo, Week 2 against LAR: 34 of 58 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 19 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 3 against TEN: 49 of 64 snaps, 20 carries for 60 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Cam Skattebo, Week 4 against ARI: 43 of 67 snaps, 18 carries for 58 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Through Week 4, RJ Harvey played 43 percent of DEN snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

RJ Harvey, Week 1 against KC: 26 of 51 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards.

RJ Harvey, Week 3 against LAR: 24 of 67 snaps, 2 carries for 6 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 41 yards.

RJ Harvey, Week 4 against SF: 29 of 65 snaps, 7 carries for 25 yards, 10 targets and 10 catches for 68 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cam Skattebo played 8 games for NYG and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He ran 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 yards.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, RJ Harvey played 17 games for DEN and scored 206.6 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing RB20.

He ran 146 times for 540 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 47 of 58 targets for 356 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Braelon Allen over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start RJ Harvey over Bucky Irving.
• Start RJ Harvey over D'Andre Swift.