Start Jeremiyah Love or Quinshon Judkins? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 2:06 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Latest

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 Quinshon Judkins over Jeremiyah Love

Start

Quinshon Judkins

RB · CLE · at PIT

Market projects: 11.6; recent weeks avg
PIT D vs RB: 20.2; 12th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 43 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 59%; Through Week 7
Target share: 12%; Through Week 7

Sit

Jeremiyah Love

RB · ARI · at DAL · Out

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

Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for Quinshon Judkins?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Quinshon Judkins projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.2 a game over 9 games), Jeremiyah Love 96 (10.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Quinshon Judkins over Jeremiyah Love in Week 8.

Jeremiyah Love is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Quinshon Judkins. Drafters take Quinshon Judkins at ADP 48 and Jeremiyah Love at 32.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Quinshon Judkins yet. His market-based projections were 12.8, 11.2 and 10.8 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 0-1 touchdowns (7 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 Quinshon Judkins 0.1 points ahead of Jeremiyah Love on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Quinshon Judkins and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 20.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 75 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 41 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

Quinshon Judkins is not on the injury report.

Jeremiyah Love is listed as out with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins played 59 percent of CLE snaps, took 60 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 4 against PIT: 42 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 53 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 5 against NYJ: 36 of 68 snaps, 14 carries for 44 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.

Quinshon Judkins, Week 7 against TEN: 37 of 70 snaps, 17 carries for 96 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, Quinshon Judkins played 15 games for CLE and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He ran 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 yards.

He was on the field for 50 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 Quinshon Judkins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Quinshon Judkins projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.2 a game over 9 games), Jeremiyah Love 96 (10.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.
Should I drop Quinshon Judkins for Jeremiyah Love?
No. Keep Quinshon Judkins: he projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (12.2 a game over 9 games), Jeremiyah Love 96 (10.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

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