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Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Jeremiyah Love in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET.

Start Jeremiyah Love: 54 percent of the snaps and 66 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Pierre Strong Jr.'s 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries. 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 Pierre Strong Jr. for Jeremiyah Love?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 107 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank
122

RB47 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 3-2

Market-based projection
10.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
146

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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 Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 Jeremiyah Love is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jeremiyah Love has been on the field for 50 percent of ARI snaps, taken 56 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against DET he carried 12 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

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

Head to head

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger snap share, 50 percent against 49 percent.

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Jeremiyah Love in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Jeremiyah Love?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 107 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Pierre Strong Jr.?

    No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 107 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 10 games), Pierre Strong Jr. 63 (6.3 a game over 10 games). Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

Both players in full

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