Start Kyle Monangai or RJ Harvey? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start RJ Harvey over Kyle Monangai in Week 1.

Kyle Monangai is priced by the books at 2.2 projected points and RJ Harvey is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take RJ Harvey at ADP 96 and Kyle Monangai at 106.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for RJ Harvey in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 2.2 fantasy points for Kyle Monangai, with 33 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

RJ Harvey and DEN visit KC.

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.

Kyle Monangai and CHI visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 52.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the most in the league.

Running backs ran for 224 yards and 4 touchdowns against CAR and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Kyle Monangai has the softer matchup.

Injury status

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

Kyle Monangai was not on the injury report 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, Kyle Monangai played 17 games for CHI and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He ran 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 yards.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 6 carries for 14 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards, 5.9 PPR points.

Kyle Monangai, Week 17 of 2025 against SF: 27 of 66 snaps, 8 carries for 38 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards, 7.7 PPR points.

Kyle Monangai, Week 16 of 2025 against GB: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 50 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 43 yards, 12.3 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

RJ Harvey scored 8.1 PPR points and Kyle Monangai scored 20.4.

The call was wrong: Kyle Monangai outscored RJ Harvey by 12.3.

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.

Kyle Monangai finished 18.2 points above the 2.2 the props implied.

Kyle Monangai, Week 1 against CAR: 32 of 75 snaps, 10 carries for 100 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.4 PPR points.

Kyle Monangai finished as the week's RB11 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over RJ Harvey.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over RJ Harvey.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over RJ Harvey.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kyle Monangai.
• Start Kyle Monangai over Blake Corum.