RJ Harvey

Harvey was mostly promising in his rookie year as a second-round pick out of UCF, scoring 12 times (seven rushing, five receiving) and producing 896 yards from scrimmage. Harvey was especially effective as a receiver, drawing 58 targets on 478 snaps and converting them into 47 receptions (81.0 percent catch rate, 6.1 YPT). The issue for Harvey is that the Broncos didn't seem inclined to give him that much usage -- he finished the regular season with fewer than 200 touches even though J.K. Dobbins missed seven games. Dobbins is an ongoing risk to miss time, but it's still sub-optimal for Harvey that the Broncos spent a fourth-round pick on 220-pound RB Jonah Coleman, not to mention the lingering possibility of Sean Payton wasting snaps on someone like Tyler Badie or Jaleel McLaughlin. If the Broncos were so stingy with Harvey's playing time as to spend nearly a third of their backfield snaps on complete zeroes like Badie and McLaughlin, it might indicate that Payton has reservations about Harvey. There's no doubt that Harvey outclasses Badie, McLaughlin and probably even Coleman, but the introduction of the latter may nonetheless encroach upon the rushing TD share that Harvey claimed as a rookie. Even at a smallish 5-foot-8, 205, Harvey can almost certainly withstand more volume -- he thrived as a workhorse at UCF -- but it might take injuries to both Dobbins and Coleman in order for Harvey to ever get that chance. Read Past Outlooks