Start RJ Harvey or Ty Johnson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start RJ Harvey over Ty Johnson in Week 6.

Market-based projections have RJ Harvey at 8.8 points and Ty Johnson at 8.5, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Ty Johnson'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 8.8 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, 21 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Ty Johnson, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 16 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts RJ Harvey 0.2 points ahead of Ty Johnson on the market projections.

Injury status

RJ Harvey is not on the injury report.

Ty Johnson 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, Ty Johnson played 25 percent of BUF snaps, took 1 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Ty Johnson, Week 3 against LAC: 15 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 50 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 4 against NE: 19 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Ty Johnson, Week 5 against LAR: 14 of 64 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 72 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, Ty Johnson played 17 games for BUF and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He ran 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over RJ Harvey.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over RJ Harvey.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over RJ Harvey.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Ty Johnson.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ty Johnson.
• Start Blake Corum over Ty Johnson.