Start RJ Harvey or Tony Pollard? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start RJ Harvey over Tony Pollard in Week 5.

Market-based projections have RJ Harvey at 10.9 points and Tony Pollard at 9.5, a gap of 1.3. 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 10.9 fantasy points for RJ Harvey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has RJ Harvey at 21.5 rushing yards, 27.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (14, 13, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tony Pollard at 49.5 rushing yards, 8.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 30% chance to score a touchdown (12, 11, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts RJ Harvey 1.3 points ahead of Tony Pollard on the market projections.

Injury status

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Tony Pollard is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, RJ Harvey played 43 percent of DEN snaps, took 20 percent of the carries, drew 22 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.

Through Week 4, Tony Pollard played 53 percent of TEN snaps, took 60 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

Tony Pollard, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 7 carries for 35 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards.

Tony Pollard, Week 2 against PHI: 29 of 53 snaps, 14 carries for 64 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Tony Pollard, Week 3 against NYG: 32 of 60 snaps, 17 carries for 74 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards.

Tony Pollard, Week 4 against BAL: 34 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 48 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 2 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Tony Pollard played 17 games for TEN and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He ran 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over RJ Harvey.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start Bucky Irving over RJ Harvey.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tony Pollard.
• Start Tony Pollard over Blake Corum.
• Start Tony Pollard over Brian Robinson.