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Should I start Woody Marks or Jeremiyah Love in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 9:56 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

RB · ARI · vs DEN · Questionable

Market projects
13.1
recent weeks avg
DEN D vs RB
23.3
9th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
35 of 100 at RB
Snap share
50%
Through Week 5
Target share
7%
Through Week 5
Sit

RB · HOU · vs NYG

Market projects
9.2
recent weeks avg
NYG D vs RB
21.6
15th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
High
88 of 100 at RB
Snap share
57%
Through Week 6
Target share
8%
Through Week 6
Start Love or Marks? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Jeremiyah Love over Woody Marks in Week 7: 13.1 to 9.2 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Love faces DEN, which allows the 9th most fantasy points to RBs. Love is listed questionable.

Should I drop Woody Marks 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), Woody Marks 76 (7.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Woody Marks. 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.

RB26 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 4-2

Market-based projection
12.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
80

RB38 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 3-2

Market-based projection
10.9 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
112

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The gap

  • Board size304 draftable players

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 Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremiyah Love, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 4.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Woody Marks has been on the field for 57 percent of HOU snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 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 2025 seasons

In 2025 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 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 Woody Marks holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 50 percent.

This season Jeremiyah Love holds the bigger share of the carries, 56 percent against 41 percent.

Byes and availability

Woody Marks is off in Week 8 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 Woody Marks 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), Woody Marks 76 (7.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Woody Marks. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Woody Marks?

    No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 107 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 10 games), Woody Marks 76 (7.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Woody Marks. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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