Should I start Jeremiyah Love or Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jeremiyah Love, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 9.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against DAL he carried 9 times for 23 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets.

His 1 target have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 6 times for 41 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He carried 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Jeremiyah Love is off in Week 14 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as out on the injury report.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.