Start Jeremiyah Love or Aaron Jones Sr.? Week 8

Updated Oct 28, 6:16 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Latest

Oct 25, 3:43 PM ET: Aaron Jones Sr.: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 23, 2:46 PM ET: Cards rookie RB Jeremiyah Love to miss second straight game with ankle injury (ESPN)
Oct 23, 2:13 PM ET: Jeremiyah Love: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Jeremiyah Love over Aaron Jones Sr.

Love projects lower, 11.5 to 13.7, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 32 for Love, 110 for Jones.

Start

Jeremiyah Love

RB · ARI · at DAL · Questionable

Market projects: 11.5; recent weeks avg
DAL D vs RB: 24.6; 7th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 56 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 50%; Through Week 5
Target share: 7%; Through Week 5

Sit

Aaron Jones Sr.

RB · MIN · at DET · Questionable

Market projects: 13.7; recent weeks avg
DET D vs RB: 19.8; 10th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 22 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 25%; Through Week 7
Target share: 4%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Aaron Jones Sr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 141 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 10 games), Jeremiyah Love 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable. Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Jeremiyah Love over Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jeremiyah Love at 11.5 points and Aaron Jones Sr. at 13.7, a gap of 2.2. Jeremiyah Love still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 32 against 110, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Jeremiyah Love this week yet, so his 11.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (12.6 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. this week yet, so his 13.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (16.2 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 16.2 and 11.3 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 13.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Aaron Jones Sr. is 0.6 touchdowns (12 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jeremiyah Love yet. His market-based projections were 12.6 and 10.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 11.5, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Aaron Jones Sr. 2.3 points ahead of Jeremiyah Love on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Aaron Jones Sr. and MIN visit DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DET allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 25 more yards.

Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 24.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 107 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 25 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jeremiyah Love has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Aaron Jones Sr. played 25 percent of MIN snaps, took 30 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Aaron Jones Sr., Week 7 against IND: 15 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 26 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards.

Through Week 5, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 56 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 3 against SF: 56 of 87 snaps, 21 carries for 90 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 4 against NYG: 30 of 66 snaps, 14 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -8 yards.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 12 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games for MIN and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He ran 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 yards.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Jones Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against DET: 35 of 54 snaps, 18 carries for 53 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.

Aaron Jones Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against NYG: 39 of 61 snaps, 21 carries for 85 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 11.3 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 141 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 10 games), Jeremiyah Love 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable. Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for Jeremiyah Love?
No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 141 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 10 games), Jeremiyah Love 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Aaron Jones Sr. Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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