James Cook III or Jeremiyah Love: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jeremiyah Love: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 10; 2QB: ADP 30.

What the player markets price

The market has James Cook III at 16.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jeremiyah Love at 13.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

James Cook III's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, James Cook III has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 21 times for 135 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 24 times for 154 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he carried 9 times for 29 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Head to head

This season James Cook III holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 50 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 54 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7 and Jeremiyah Love in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

James Cook III is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.