Colston Loveland or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 81.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 108.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 121st highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The books have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 6.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 2.1 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33, which are two different ladders.

Colston Loveland is a tight end and Jacory Croskey-Merritt a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.