Start RJ Harvey or Malik Washington? Week 4

Our Week 4 call

Start Malik Washington over RJ Harvey in Week 4.

Market-based projections have Malik Washington at 10.2 points and RJ Harvey at 9.3, a gap of 0.9. 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 10.2 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Malik Washington at 5.5 rushing yards, 39.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (10, 17, 14 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has RJ Harvey at 15.5 rushing yards, 21.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 29% chance to score a touchdown (15, 17, 13 and 15 market sources).

That puts Malik Washington 0.9 points ahead of RJ Harvey on the market projections.

Injury status

Malik Washington 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, Malik Washington played 86 percent of MIA snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Washington, Week 1 against LV: 55 of 56 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 2 against SF: 43 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 3 against KC: 63 of 73 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 10 targets and 5 catches for 56 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, Malik Washington played 17 games for MIA and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 64 air yards.

He was on the field for 56 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.

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

Malik Washington scored 12.0 PPR points and RJ Harvey scored 19.3.

The call was wrong: RJ Harvey outscored Malik Washington by 7.3.

Malik Washington finished 1.8 points above the 10.2 the market projected.

Malik Washington, Week 4 against MIN: 34 of 39 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards, 12.0 PPR points.

Malik Washington finished as the week's WR35 in PPR scoring.

RJ Harvey finished 10.0 points above the 9.3 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 Malik Washington over Blake Corum.
• Start Braelon Allen over Malik Washington.
• Start Malik Washington over Devaughn Vele.
• Start RJ Harvey over Blake Corum.
• Start Brenton Strange over RJ Harvey.
• Start David Montgomery over RJ Harvey.