Sit Jeremiyah Love in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 6.9 projected points lands 4.1 under the RB starter line.
- Projection
- 6.9 pts
- RB rank
- #26
- Matchup
- at DAL
Jeremiyah Love's fantasy role in Week 8
Jeremiyah Love goes into Week 8 of the 2026 season as a matchup-dependent RB option for the ARI. He is rostered in 95% of leagues and actually started in 31% of them, and we rank him RB26 on our own weekly board at 6.9 projected points.
Roster rates are steady week over week, so his role looks settled rather than in flux.
Health matters here: he carries a QUESTIONABLE designation, so have a replacement ready until his status is resolved.
Week 8 matchup breakdown
The matchup: at DAL. Our Pepper Meter heat rating for this spot is 1 out of 5, which is how we grade the combination of role, projection and opponent difficulty.
Against a typical starting RB baseline of 11 points, his 6.9-point projection is 4.1 points short. That gap is the whole start/sit argument in one number.
How to play it
Sit Jeremiyah Love in Week 8 if you have a real alternative — 6.9 projected points lands 4.1 under the RB starter line.
If you are deciding between him and another RB, compare projections first, then lean on the Pepper Meter heat rating as the tiebreaker.
Sally's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Jeremiyah Love (ARI RB), our RB26 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at DAL, projecting 6.9 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Sally's honest about it: 4.1 points under the starter line isn't the ceiling she chases. He grades 37% below the average weekly RB number, which is a floor problem more than a ceiling one. He's listed questionable as of the update below; my rank assumes he plays, and designations move fast. Mild on the Pepper Meter is generous, honestly.
Tina's take
Peppers & Picks ranks Jeremiyah Love (ARI RB), our RB26 this week for Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season at DAL, projecting 6.9 projected points with a mild Pepper Meter rating. Tina calls it a floor problem: 4.1 points under the starter line is a lot of risk for a lineup spot. 31% of managers already start him, and the depth-chart role behind that number looks stable. The questionable designation on the timestamp below is the one variable that could blow this up — confirm it Sunday morning. The Pepper Meter cools him to Mild, and that reading is doing its job.