Start RJ Harvey or Denzel Boston? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Denzel Boston over RJ Harvey in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Denzel Boston at 8.1 points and RJ Harvey at 9.4, a gap of 1.3. 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 8.1 fantasy points for Denzel Boston, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Denzel Boston at 37.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (17, 17 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has RJ Harvey at 16.5 rushing yards, 21.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts RJ Harvey 1.3 points ahead of Denzel Boston on the market projections.

Injury status

Denzel Boston was not on the injury report when the call was made.

RJ Harvey was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Usage before Week 4

Through Week 3, Denzel Boston played 91 percent of CLE snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 44 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Denzel Boston, Week 1 against JAX: 47 of 51 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 59 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 2 against TB: 54 of 58 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Denzel Boston, Week 3 against CAR: 62 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 41 yards.

Through Week 3, RJ Harvey played 42 percent of DEN snaps, took 13 percent of the carries, drew 19 percent of the targets and had 12 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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

RJ Harvey, Week 18 of 2025 against LAC: 15 carries for 28 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards, 4.3 PPR points.

How Week 4 went

Denzel Boston scored 12.9 PPR points and RJ Harvey scored 19.3.

The call was wrong: RJ Harvey outscored Denzel Boston by 6.4.

Denzel Boston finished 4.8 points above the 8.1 the market projected.

Denzel Boston, Week 4 against PIT: 61 of 64 snaps, 7 targets and 4 catches for 89 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Denzel Boston finished as the week's WR30 in PPR scoring.

RJ Harvey finished 9.9 points above the 9.4 the market projected.

RJ Harvey, Week 4 against SF: 29 of 65 snaps, 7 carries for 25 yards, 10 targets and 10 catches for 68 yards, 19.3 PPR points.

RJ Harvey finished as the week's RB12 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 4 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Denzel Boston.
• Start Brenton Strange over Denzel Boston.
• Start Denzel Boston over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start RJ Harvey over Blake Corum.
• Start Brenton Strange over RJ Harvey.
• Start David Montgomery over RJ Harvey.