Should I start Jeremiyah Love or DeVonta Smith in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 28.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 2.6 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.

The market-based projection for DeVonta Smith is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 44 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 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 86 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 117 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 7 of 14 targets for 75 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 DeVonta Smith played 17 games and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 13.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Jeremiyah Love is off in Week 14 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as ir on the injury report.

DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable on the injury report.