Start Josh Jacobs or RJ Harvey? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Josh Jacobs over RJ Harvey in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Josh Jacobs at 10.7 points and RJ Harvey at 9.6, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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. Drafters take Josh Jacobs at ADP 78 and RJ Harvey at 100.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.7 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 46 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (7, 5, 5 and 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.

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 0.3 touchdowns (9 market sources).

That puts Josh Jacobs 1.2 points ahead of RJ Harvey on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Josh Jacobs and GB visit DET on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DET allowed 18.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 84 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 16 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, RJ Harvey has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

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, 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.

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 Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Blake Corum.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over RJ Harvey.
• Start RJ Harvey over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over RJ Harvey.