Should I drop Braelon Allen for Jeremiyah Love?

Not on these numbers alone. Braelon Allen projects 99 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.0 a game over 9 games) and Jeremiyah Love 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Braelon Allen. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

Start Braelon Allen or Jeremiyah Love? Week 8

Updated Oct 28, 8:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

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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)
Oct 22, 6:13 PM ET: Jeremiyah Love: Doubtful to Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Jeremiyah Love over Braelon Allen

Love projects lower, 11.5 to 14.8, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 32 for Love, 180 for Allen.

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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

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Braelon Allen

RB · NYJ · vs LV

Market projects: 14.8; recent weeks avg
LV D vs RB: 25.4; 5th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: High; 99 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 64%; Through Week 7
Target share: 10%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Braelon Allen?

Not on these numbers alone. Jeremiyah Love projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games) and Braelon Allen 99 (11.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Braelon Allen. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Jeremiyah Love over Braelon Allen in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jeremiyah Love at 11.5 points and Braelon Allen at 14.8, a gap of 3.3. Jeremiyah Love still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 32 against 180, 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 Braelon Allen this week yet, so his 14.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (14.9, 13.8 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Braelon Allen yet. His market-based projections were 14.9, 13.8 and 15.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 14.8, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

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 Braelon Allen 3.3 points ahead of Jeremiyah Love on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Braelon Allen and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 125 yards and a touchdown a game against LV and caught passes for 37 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, Braelon Allen has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Braelon Allen is not on the injury report.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Braelon Allen played 64 percent of NYJ snaps, took 53 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Braelon Allen, Week 4 against CHI: 30 of 32 snaps, 14 carries for 59 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 5 against CLE: 60 of 70 snaps, 24 carries for 116 yards, 4 targets and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Braelon Allen, Week 6 against NE: 54 of 62 snaps, 17 carries for 78 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 26 yards.

Braelon Allen, Week 7 against MIA: 46 of 59 snaps, 17 carries for 104 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 30 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, Braelon Allen played 4 games for NYJ and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He ran 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 Braelon Allen?
Not on these numbers alone. Jeremiyah Love projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games) and Braelon Allen 99 (11.0 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Braelon Allen. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.
Should I drop Braelon Allen for Jeremiyah Love?
Not on these numbers alone. Braelon Allen projects 99 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (11.0 a game over 9 games) and Jeremiyah Love 95 (10.5 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 8 the call starts Jeremiyah Love over Braelon Allen. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.