Start Dameon Pierce or RJ Harvey? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start RJ Harvey over Dameon Pierce in Week 7.

Market-based projections have RJ Harvey at 9.6 points and Dameon Pierce at 7.1, a gap of 2.4. No player market is posted for RJ Harvey this week yet, so his 9.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.1, 10.9 and 8.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dameon Pierce this week yet, so his 7.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dameon Pierce yet. His market-based projections were 3.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Dameon Pierce is 0.6 touchdowns (11 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for RJ Harvey yet. His market-based projections were 9.1, 10.9 and 8.7 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 9.6, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts RJ Harvey 2.4 points ahead of Dameon Pierce on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Dameon Pierce and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DAL and caught passes for 24 more yards.

RJ Harvey and DEN visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 20.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 107 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 25 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Dameon Pierce has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dameon Pierce is not on the injury report.

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Dameon Pierce played 87 percent of PHI snaps, took 74 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Dameon Pierce, Week 5 against JAX: 48 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 14 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Dameon Pierce, Week 6 against CAR: 61 of 64 snaps, 12 carries for 35 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, RJ Harvey played 41 percent of DEN snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

RJ Harvey, Week 6 against SEA: 24 of 60 snaps, 6 carries for 25 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dameon Pierce played 5 games for KC and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He ran 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dameon Pierce, Week 18 of 2025 against LV: 4 carries for 10 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1.0 PPR points.

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 7 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Blake Corum over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Brian Robinson over Dameon Pierce.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over RJ Harvey.
• Start RJ Harvey over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over RJ Harvey.