Should I start Jeremiyah Love or J.K. Dobbins in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 2.1 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 has J.K. Dobbins at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 through Week 8

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 8, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 38 percent of DEN snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 8 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 7 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 38 percent.

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 50 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Jeremiyah Love is listed as ir on the injury report.