Should I start CJ Donaldson or Jeremiyah Love in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 3:41 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 22, 6:13 PM ET: Jeremiyah Love: Doubtful to Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 22, 5:13 PM ET: Jeremiyah Love: Questionable to Doubtful (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 6:13 PM ET: CJ Donaldson: Listed Questionable (Shoulder) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Jeremiyah Love: 54 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against CJ Donaldson's 37 percent of the snaps and 18 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 CJ Donaldson 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), CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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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.

CJ Donaldson

RB49 · NO · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 0-6

Overall rank: 154

Jeremiyah Love

RB51 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 3-2

Market-based projection: 10.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 161

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The gap

Board size324 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 CJ Donaldson, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for CJ Donaldson is 3.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 2.8 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.

CJ Donaldson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, CJ Donaldson has been on the field for 28 percent of NO snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 3 times for 18 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 4 times for 13 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 6 times for 39 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 last full seasons

CJ Donaldson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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

Head to head

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 28 percent.

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Jeremiyah Love is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for CJ Donaldson.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop CJ Donaldson 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), CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.
Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for CJ Donaldson?
No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), CJ Donaldson 21 (2.3 a game over 9 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.