Start Jeremiyah Love or RJ Harvey? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 11:56 AM 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 RJ Harvey over Jeremiyah Love

Jeremiyah Love is listed out, so RJ Harvey starts despite the lower projection.

Start

RJ Harvey

RB · DEN · vs KC

Market projects: 9.7; recent weeks avg
KC D vs RB: 19.5; 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Limited; 15 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 39%; Through Week 7
Target share: 17%; Through Week 7

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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 RJ Harvey for Jeremiyah Love?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), RJ Harvey 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts RJ Harvey over Jeremiyah Love. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

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Our Week 8 call

Start RJ Harvey over Jeremiyah Love in Week 8.

Jeremiyah Love is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start RJ Harvey. Drafters take RJ Harvey at ADP 100 and Jeremiyah Love at 32.

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.

No Week 8 player market is posted for RJ Harvey yet. His market-based projections were 10.9, 8.7 and 9.6 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 9.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jeremiyah Love 1.8 points ahead of RJ Harvey 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.

RJ Harvey and DEN host KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 72 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 37 more yards.

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

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is listed as out with a ankle injury.

RJ Harvey 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 7, RJ Harvey played 39 percent of DEN snaps, took 17 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

RJ Harvey, Week 4 against SF: 29 of 65 snaps, 7 carries for 25 yards, 10 targets and 10 catches for 68 yards.

RJ Harvey, Week 5 against LAC: 23 of 62 snaps, 3 carries for 7 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

RJ Harvey, Week 6 against SEA: 24 of 60 snaps, 6 carries for 25 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown.

RJ Harvey, Week 7 against ARI: 16 of 61 snaps, 3 carries for 6 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, RJ Harvey played 17 games for DEN and scored 206.6 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing RB20.

He ran 146 times for 540 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 47 of 58 targets for 356 yards.

He was on the field for 41 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 RJ Harvey for Jeremiyah Love?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jeremiyah Love projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), RJ Harvey 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts RJ Harvey over Jeremiyah Love. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.
Should I drop Jeremiyah Love for RJ Harvey?
No. Keep Jeremiyah Love: he projects 96 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.7 a game over 9 games), RJ Harvey 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts RJ Harvey over Jeremiyah Love. Jeremiyah Love is listed out.

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