RJ Harvey or Tucker Kraft: Who Should You Start?

Kraft's role dwarfs Harvey's even with an injury tag attached

Kraft's snap share alone tells you he's not sharing touches the way Harvey is in Denver's backfield — an 86% clip and a fifth of Green Bay's targets is a bell-cow role at tight end, not a committee spot. Harvey's explosiveness is real, but a 42% snap share with a 10% target share means he needs a long touchdown to hit value, and this week's projection reflects that ceiling-or-bust profile against a stout Chiefs front. The questionable tag on Kraft is the only thing keeping this from being a blowout call, since a Y-TE built for contested catches and yards after the catch in a game Green Bay is favored in still projects two points higher than Harvey even discounted for injury risk. Own both and you're starting Kraft unless Friday says otherwise.

What flips it: A Friday downgrade or inactive tag for Kraft swings this to Harvey by default.

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RJ Harvey

RB37DENvs KC

5.57.08.5 Projected Points

Sit

Tucker Kraft

TE8GBvs MIN

6.38.410.5 Projected Points

Start· medium

Why RJ Harvey

Sit

Second-year RB with three-down upside. Explosive, twitchy All-Rookie back who emerged as a featured runner and pass-catcher after the lead back's injury.

Sit — RB37 consensus, projects RB41 this week: 10% target share in 2025, 8.5 PPR projected vs KC.

Explosive, twitchy runner who can turn a handful of touches into a long score if Denver's plan features him more
Playing in a game with a competitive spread, so garbage-time volume isn't the risk it would be in a blowout

Why Tucker Kraft

Start· medium

Starting TE and primary mismatch threat. Powerful Y-tight end with run-after-catch ability and red-zone production.

TE8 with an 86% snap share and 20% target share — a top-tier role for the position. Start if he clears the questionable tag.

Powerful Y-TE profile with run-after-catch ability gives him yardage upside beyond what raw target share suggests
Green Bay's plus matchup and slight home favorite status mean more red-zone snaps for their top mismatch threat

The call

The usage is elite for a tight end: 86% of snaps and a 20% target share over eight games means he's effectively a full-time receiving option, not a rotational blocker.
A 10.5-point projection and TE8 consensus rank puts him comfortably above the streaming pool in a 12-team PPR league — you're not finding that on the wire.
Game script is neutral-to-favorable: Green Bay is a 1.5-point favorite with a 23.0 implied team total, so there's no blowout risk pushing him off the field or into pure run-blocking.
The one real risk is the questionable designation. Confirm he's active before kickoff; if he's downgraded or shows up on a snap count, pivot to a healthy streamer.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	RJ Harvey	Tucker Kraft
Projected points	5.57.08.5	6.38.410.5
Consensus rank	RB37	TE8
Opponent vs position	KCno ranking yet	MINno ranking yet
Target share	10%(2025)	20%(2025)
Reception share	12%(2025)	21%(2025)
Implied total · spread	20.0+2.5	23.0-1.5
Depth chart	RB2	TE1
Snap share	42%(2025)	86%(2025)
Injury designation	—	Q