Start Jeremiyah Love or Tony Pollard? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Tony Pollard over Jeremiyah Love in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Tony Pollard at 10.0 points and Jeremiyah Love at 10.6, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 10.6 fantasy points for Jeremiyah Love, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jeremiyah Love at 37.5 rushing yards, 14.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 38% chance to score a touchdown (11, 7, 7 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Tony Pollard at 47.5 rushing yards, 6.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 41% chance to score a touchdown (11, 8, 9 and 14 books).

That puts Jeremiyah Love 0.6 points ahead of Tony Pollard on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Jeremiyah Love and ARI visit SF on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SF allowed 19.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 103 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 24 more yards.

Injury status

Jeremiyah Love is not on the injury report.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jeremiyah Love played 42 percent of ARI snaps, took 42 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 1 against LAC: 32 of 75 snaps, 11 carries for 41 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jeremiyah Love, Week 2 against SEA: 20 of 50 snaps, 9 carries for 29 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

Through Week 2, Tony Pollard played 53 percent of TEN snaps, took 49 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Tony Pollard, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 7 carries for 35 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards.

Tony Pollard, Week 2 against PHI: 29 of 53 snaps, 14 carries for 64 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tony Pollard played 17 games for TEN and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He ran 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tony Pollard, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 14 carries for 48 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 9.5 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bucky Irving over Jeremiyah Love.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Tony Pollard.
• Start David Montgomery over Tony Pollard.
• Start Tony Pollard over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.