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Jeremiyah Love sits atop the depth chart in Arizona, listed as the number one running back with Tyler Allgeier behind him as the primary backup. Through two games he has played 41.6% of the offensive snaps, which tells you the team is still working him into a full complement of downs rather than handing him every rep. He has carried the ball twenty times for 70 yards, a 3.5 yards-per-carry mark, with one rushing touchdown, and he has drawn seven targets, catching five for 25 yards. Five of his carries have come in the red zone, which signals the coaching staff trusts him near the goal line even while capping his overall snap count. He has started one of the two games played. That combination — starter designation, red zone work, pass-game usage — describes a back who is the plan at the position even if the snap share has not yet caught up to that status. The receiving work out of the backfield matters too: five catches on seven targets is a real involvement rate for early in a season, and it suggests the passing-game role will grow alongside the rushing load once the staff commits further to him.
The case for Jeremiyah Love starts with opportunity: he is RB1 on the Arizona depth chart, he is getting red zone carries, and he is involved as a receiver, which is the profile teams build featured roles around. A rookie earning five red-zone totes and seven targets through two games in an offense that also features Trey McBride at tight end and Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson at receiver is not being hidden — he is being used in the moments that produce touchdowns and receptions, the two things fantasy scoring rewards most. If his snap share climbs from 41.6% toward something closer to a full complement of offensive downs, the counting stats follow. The case against is right there in the yards-per-carry figure. 3.5 yards per carry on 20 attempts is modest production, and it points to either an offensive line still finding its rhythm, a quarterback situation with Jacoby Brissett under center that may not be forcing defenses to respect the pass, or Love himself still adjusting to the pace of professional competition. His fantasy finish so far — 25th among running backs in PPR scoring, with 20.5 points and 10.3 points per game — is not the number most managers expected from the presumptive top back in this backfield. A 41.6% snap share also leaves real touches on the table for Tyler Allgeier, and until that share rises, Love's ceiling each week is capped by how many plays he's actually on the field for. Both things can be true: the role signals a team building around him, and the early efficiency numbers haven't caught up yet. Rookies in featured committee roles often see the snap percentage rise in the second half of a season as trust builds, and the red-zone touches already flowing his way suggest the coaching staff has made its decision on who gets first crack near the goal line. The receiving usage is the more reliable signal here, since target share tends to be sticky once established.
Treat Jeremiyah Love as a flex play right now rather than an every-week lock. The touches are trending toward him, and the red-zone role plus five catches on seven targets give him a real scoring floor, but a 41.6% snap share means his week-to-week ceiling is inconsistent until that number rises. Managers in shallower leagues can start him in flex spots and monitor the snap count from game to game; a jump toward a larger share of the offensive snaps would be the clearest signal to trust him as a weekly starter outright. In deeper or dynasty formats, he's a hold regardless — a rookie with the depth chart's top running back designation and goal-line work is not a bench-and-forget asset. Watch Tyler Allgeier's role as the tell: if his share of the snaps shrinks further while Love's grows, that's confirmation the job is consolidating. Don't bench Love for matchup reasons alone; his red-zone involvement gives him touchdown equity even in tough spots. Leaving him on waivers or in a trade for a lesser asset would be selling low on a role that still looks like it's expanding.
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