Start RJ Harvey or Omarion Hampton? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start RJ Harvey over Omarion Hampton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have RJ Harvey at 8.7 points and Omarion Hampton at 7.5, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Omarion Hampton's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.7 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for RJ Harvey is 15 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 32 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (8 and 13 market sources).

That puts RJ Harvey 1.2 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Omarion Hampton and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 20.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 38 more yards.

Injury status

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, RJ Harvey played 42 percent of DEN snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 19 percent of the targets and had 11 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.

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.

Through Week 5, Omarion Hampton played 45 percent of LAC snaps, took 50 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

Omarion Hampton, Week 2 against LV: 43 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 94 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 3 against BUF: 29 of 69 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 9 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 5 against DEN: 20 of 67 snaps, 14 carries for 33 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 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.

In 2025, Omarion Hampton played 9 games for LAC and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He ran 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start RJ Harvey over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over RJ Harvey.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Blake Corum over Omarion Hampton.