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Doubt RJ Harvey at your own risk. The Broncos’ rookie running back is listed at 5-foot-8 and 205 pounds. But how do you measure heart? Because the critics are all too predictable. “I know I’m short. I’m not the biggest guy,
As the fantasy football playoffs begin this weekend, few players are drawing more last-minute debate than Denver Broncos rookie running back RJ Harvey. As RotoBaller noted, the Week 15 matchup against Green Bay looks tricky as the Packers rank eighth in rushing yards allowed per game (101.
When J.K. Dobbins went down with a foot injury in Week 10, the Broncos’ entire season felt like it hit a wall. What had been one of the league’s best rushing attacks — 137.8 yards per game and 5.5 yards on first-down carries- suddenly looked in peril.
Things are starting to click for RJ Harvey at a perfect time for the Broncos. "He can do so many different things and do them well," Bo Nix said.
That hope finally paid off, as RJ Harvey had his best game as a pro in the Broncos' 24-17 victory to secure the sweep over the Las Vegas Raiders. Harvey ran the ball in Vegas 17 times for 75 yards with a touchdown, while adding six catches on six targets for 25 yards.
The rookie has stepped up since J.K. Dobbins' injury, culminating in a career-best performance in the Broncos win.
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"It got to a point in the game today where I thought he had about 600 yards," teammate John Franklin-Myers said of Harvey's career day.
There’s that saying,” Payton said Wednesday, asked on rookie RJ Harvey’s development. “‘You haven’t seen anything yet.'” Anything arrived on Sunday, the making of a true three-down back taking shape inside a muscled-up gameplan Raiders.
Broncos RB RJ Harvey is just the sixth rookie since 1990 with 5+ rushing TDs and 4+ receiving TDs.
But RJ Harvey is starting to quell those fears. Harvey, a rookie, is inexperienced and that is always a concern when the stakes get high. But on Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, he helped pace the offense by rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown. He also caught six passes.
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