Start D'Andre Swift or RJ Harvey? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start RJ Harvey over D'Andre Swift in Week 5.

Market-based projections have RJ Harvey at 11.4 points and D'Andre Swift at 12.5, a gap of 1.1. 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 12.5 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has D'Andre Swift at 61.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 44% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 12 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.4 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, 26.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 1.1 points ahead of RJ Harvey on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

D'Andre Swift and CHI visit GB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

GB allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 114 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against GB and caught passes for 28 more yards.

Injury status

D'Andre Swift is listed as questionable with a hip injury.

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, D'Andre Swift played 56 percent of CHI snaps, took 45 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

D'Andre Swift, Week 1 against CAR: 43 of 75 snaps, 18 carries for 124 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards, 3 touchdowns.

D'Andre Swift, Week 2 against MIN: 50 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 45 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 3 against PHI: 50 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 84 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

D'Andre Swift, Week 4 against NYJ: 33 of 93 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 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, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.

He was on the field for 58 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 Aaron Jones Sr. over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start RJ Harvey over Bucky Irving.
• Start Cam Skattebo over RJ Harvey.