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Should I start Jeremiyah Love or Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

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Start Jeremiyah Love: 54 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kyle Pitts Sr.'s 55 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. for Jeremiyah Love?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB9 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection
10.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
34

TE4 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 3-5

Market-based projection
9.4 pts a game

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The gap

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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 Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Pitts Sr., and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jeremiyah Love, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Kyle Pitts Sr.'s market-based projection is 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 50 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, Kyle Pitts Sr. has been on the field for 55 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 5 of 5 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. played 17 games and scored 210.8 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing TE2.

He caught 88 of 118 targets for 928 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Jeremiyah Love is a running back and Kyle Pitts Sr. a tight end, 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 Kyle Pitts Sr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jeremiyah Love has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr. for Jeremiyah Love?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

  • Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Kyle Pitts Sr.?

    No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 8 games), Kyle Pitts Sr. 63 (7.9 a game over 8 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

Should I drop Kyle Pitts Sr.?

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