Start Christian McCaffrey or RJ Harvey? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Christian McCaffrey over RJ Harvey in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Christian McCaffrey at 21.8 points and RJ Harvey at 8.9, a gap of 12.9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.8 fantasy points for Christian McCaffrey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Christian McCaffrey at 58.5 rushing yards, 39.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 71% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10, 8 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has RJ Harvey at 15.5 rushing yards, 20.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Christian McCaffrey 12.9 points ahead of RJ Harvey on the market projections.

Injury status

Christian McCaffrey is not on the injury report.

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Christian McCaffrey played 69 percent of SF snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 2 against MIA: 27 of 52 snaps, 10 carries for 23 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 3 against ARI: 45 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 75 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 4 against DEN: 49 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 52 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 5 against SEA: 49 of 60 snaps, 11 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, RJ Harvey played 42 percent of DEN snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 19 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.

RJ Harvey, Week 5 against LAC: 23 of 62 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian McCaffrey played 17 games for SF and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He ran 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 yards.

He was on the field for 83 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 6 calls

• Start Christian McCaffrey over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Emanuel Wilson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start Bijan Robinson over RJ Harvey.
• Start RJ Harvey over Chris Rodriguez Jr..