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Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on RJ Harvey

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when you're looking at running backs across the league, there are only a handful better than him. It's Gibbs, it's Kyron Williams, it's Chase Brown, and it's R.J. Harvey while only having his dead last in air yards. Negative 12.3% air yard share
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Harvey has elite per-route usage among RBs but limited rushing upside; elite pass-catching role.

Harvey is drawing elite per-route opportunity among NFL running backs; Matt Harmon ranks him alongside Gibbs, Kyron Williams, and Chase Brown in usage tracking, despite only 12 rush attempts in Week 4. His -12.3% air yard share indicates all targets come behind the line of scrimmage as check-downs from Bo Nix, who averaged 5.3 yards to target (3 yards worse than NFL average) and is not scrambling due to ankle injury history. Sean Payton's deployment pattern suggests Harvey is the pass-catching back while Jonah Coleman and J.K. Dobbins handle rushing; Harvey will get few carries once Coleman returns.

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