Start RJ Harvey or Josh Jacobs? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start RJ Harvey over Josh Jacobs
Right: 8.1 to 0.0
- Books imply
- 4.7
- fantasy pts
- KC D vs RB
- 11.7
- 7th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 51%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 15%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 8.1
- PPR pts
- MIN D vs RB
- 6.6
- fewest to RBs (2026)
- Scored
- 0.0
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start RJ Harvey over Josh Jacobs in Week 1.
Josh Jacobs is listed na on our news wire, so this is not a close call: start RJ Harvey. Drafters take RJ Harvey at ADP 96 and Josh Jacobs at 101.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 4.7 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 80 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Josh Jacobs in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
RJ Harvey and DEN visit KC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
KC allowed 11.7 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 7th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 54 yards and no touchdowns against KC and caught passes for 23 more yards.
Josh Jacobs and GB visit MIN.
MIN allowed 6.6 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 66 yards and no touchdowns against MIN and caught passes for 0 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, RJ Harvey has the softer matchup.
Injury status
RJ Harvey was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Josh Jacobs was listed as na when the call was made.
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.
RJ Harvey, Week 17 of 2025 against KC: 47 of 72 snaps, 14 carries for 43 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.6 PPR points.
RJ Harvey, Week 16 of 2025 against JAX: 39 of 66 snaps, 7 carries for 50 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 71 yards, 1 touchdown, 22.1 PPR points.
In 2025, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.
He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.
He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.
Josh Jacobs, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 28 of 72 snaps, 12 carries for 36 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards, 4.8 PPR points.
Josh Jacobs, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 36 of 66 snaps, 12 carries for 73 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 2 touchdowns, 23.2 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
RJ Harvey scored 8.1 PPR points and Josh Jacobs scored 0.0.
The call was right: RJ Harvey outscored Josh Jacobs by 8.1.
RJ Harvey finished 3.4 points above the 4.7 the props implied.
RJ Harvey, Week 1 against KC: 26 of 51 snaps, 3 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards, 8.1 PPR points.
RJ Harvey finished as the week's RB34 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB42 · DEN · bye 10
2025 vs carries line 5-12
- Overall rank
- 163
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
Ranked behind
RB53 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 8-7
- Overall rank
- 204
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board41
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 10 and tier 11
- Board size244 draftable players
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