Start Jeremiyah Love or Aaron Jones Sr.? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 5:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Jeremiyah Love: Questionable to Out (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Jeremiyah Love: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Cardinals rookie RB Jeremiyah Love (ankle) set to return (ESPN)
Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love
Jeremiyah Love is listed out, so Aaron Jones Sr. starts despite the lower projection.

- Market projects
- 9.3
- recent weeks avg
- BUF D vs RB
- 27.3
- 3rd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 25%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 10.6
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs RB
- 20.9
- 15th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 50%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Jeremiyah Love 84 (10.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love in Week 9.
Jeremiyah Love is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Aaron Jones Sr.. Drafters take Aaron Jones Sr. at ADP 110 and Jeremiyah Love at 32.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 7.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Jeremiyah Love yet. His market-based projections were 10.4 and 10.9 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 10.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Jeremiyah Love 1.3 points ahead of Aaron Jones Sr. on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Aaron Jones Sr. and MIN host BUF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
BUF allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 83 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 47 more yards.
Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 15th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 71 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA and caught passes for 32 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Aaron Jones Sr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Aaron Jones Sr. is not on the injury report.
Jeremiyah Love is listed as out with a ankle injury.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Aaron Jones Sr. played 25 percent of MIN snaps, took 30 percent of the carries, drew 6 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.
Aaron Jones Sr., Week 8 against DET: 5 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.
Through Week 8, Jeremiyah Love played 50 percent of ARI snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Jeremiyah Love, Week 8 against DAL: 9 carries for 23 yards, 0 targets 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.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, 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 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Jeremiyah Love 84 (10.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for Jeremiyah Love?
No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Jeremiyah Love 84 (10.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Aaron Jones Sr. over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr.?
Week 9 on the board
- Is Jeremiyah Love playing Week 9?
- Is Aaron Jones Sr. playing Week 9?
- Cardinals depth chart
- Vikings depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings