Should I start A.J. Brown or Jeremiyah Love in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 3:41 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 23, 2:46 PM ET: Cards rookie RB Jeremiyah Love to miss second straight game with ankle injury (ESPN)
Oct 23, 2:13 PM ET: Jeremiyah Love: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 22, 6:13 PM ET: Jeremiyah Love: Doubtful to Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start A.J. Brown: 68 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jeremiyah Love's 54 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop A.J. Brown for Jeremiyah Love?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), A.J. Brown 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

A.J. Brown

WR26 · NE · bye 11

2025 vs rec yds line 6-9

Market-based projection: 15.5 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 62

Jeremiyah Love

RB23 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 3-2

Overall rank: 63

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 10; 2QB: ADP 29.

The market-based projections

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

A.J. Brown's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 68 percent of NE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 7 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against SF he carried 21 times for 90 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYG he carried 14 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DET he carried 12 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremiyah Love is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

A.J. Brown is a wide receiver and Jeremiyah Love a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Jeremiyah Love in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop A.J. Brown for Jeremiyah Love?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), A.J. Brown 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed out.
Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for A.J. Brown?
No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), A.J. Brown 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed out.