Start Jeremiyah Love or Omarion Hampton? Week 8

Updated Oct 29, 1:01 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 Omarion Hampton over Jeremiyah Love

Hampton projects lower, 7.8 to 11.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 20 for Hampton, 32 for Love.

Start

Omarion Hampton

RB · LAC · at LAR

Market projects: 7.8; recent weeks avg
LAR D vs RB: 20.6; 14th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 31 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 46%; Through Week 6
Target share: 6%; Through Week 6

Sit

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

Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Jeremiyah Love?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Omarion Hampton 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Jeremiyah Love. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Omarion Hampton over Jeremiyah Love in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Omarion Hampton at 7.8 points and Jeremiyah Love at 11.5, a gap of 3.6. Omarion Hampton still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 20 against 32, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Omarion Hampton this week yet, so his 7.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (8.6 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.

What the market projects

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.

The market-based projection for Jeremiyah Love is 0-1 touchdowns (8 market sources).

No Week 8 player market is posted for Omarion Hampton yet. His market-based projections were 8.6 and 7.1 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 7.8, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 0.4 touchdowns (10 market sources).

That puts Jeremiyah Love 3.7 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Omarion Hampton and LAC visit LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against LAR and caught passes for 45 more yards.

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

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 6, Omarion Hampton played 46 percent of LAC snaps, took 47 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

Omarion Hampton, Week 3 against BUF: 29 of 69 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 9 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 5 against DEN: 20 of 67 snaps, 14 carries for 33 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 6 against KC: 34 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Omarion Hampton played 9 games for LAC and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He ran 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 yards.

He was on the field for 63 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 Omarion Hampton for Jeremiyah Love?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Omarion Hampton 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Jeremiyah Love. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.
Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Omarion Hampton?
No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 95 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 9 games), Omarion Hampton 66 (6.6 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed questionable.

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