Love
RB · ARI vs NYG
Proj pts
22.4pts
market
Warren
RB · PIT vs CLE
QuestionableProj pts
21.6pts
market
Jaylen Warren or Jeremiyah Love: who should I start in Week 4?
Start Jeremiyah Love. Bench Jaylen Warren. Jeremiyah Love leads at 22.4. Jaylen Warren is the first one out, 0.8 short.
Crowd: started Love 93% · Warren 80%
Availability & news
Jaylen WarrenQuestionable
Highlights
Pros
- Run-funnel matchupRun-funnel vs RB
- Big-play upside33% boom weeks
Cons
- Rotational snaps49% of snaps
Pros
- Spike upside27.7 ceiling
Some recent form, opportunity and matchup figures still lean on the 2025 season (not enough games played this season yet).
Week 4 · Updated Tue 6:00 AM ET
Why Jeremiyah Love
Start Jeremiyah Love — projects 22.4, a run-funnel matchup vs NYG.
Jeremiyah Love projects 22.4 points. The matchup grades as run-funnel against NYG. Usage: carries / game at 13.7. Net: Jeremiyah Love is start this week.
Working for Love: Run-funnel matchup (Run-funnel vs RB), Big-play upside (33% boom weeks).
Working against Love: Rotational snaps (49% of snaps).
Where Love leads the head-to-head: Projection (22.4 vs 21.6); Opportunity score (14.5 vs 12.5); Matchup grade (recency weighted) (A vs B-); Implied team total (23.0 vs 20.5); Last 3 avg (14.1 vs 13.5); Last 5 avg (14.1 vs 12.4); vs season (+0.0 vs -1.5); Boom rate (33% vs 6%); Bust rate (0% vs 6%); Carries / game (13.7 vs 13.2); Touches / game (17.0 vs 15.7); Target share (11% vs 10%); Opportunity score (exp pts) (14.5 vs 12.5); Grade vs RB (recency weighted) (A vs B-); Implied total (23.0 vs 20.5).
Why Jaylen Warren
Sit Jaylen Warren — projects 21.6, an even matchup vs CLE, carrying a questionable tag.
Jaylen Warren projects 21.6 points on a 10.1–27.7 range. The matchup grades as neutral against CLE. Usage: carries / game at 13.2. Track the questionable designation before kickoff. Net: Jaylen Warren is a bench this week.
Working for Warren: Spike upside (27.7 ceiling).
Where Warren leads the head-to-head: Consistency (60% vs 58%); Yards per carry (4.5 vs 3.9); Snap share (51% vs 49%); Goal line carries (14 vs 1); Red zone carries (41 vs 9).
Recent form
Jeremiyah Love's last 3 games: PPR points 7.5, 13, 21.9 (low to high; the card does not say which came first).
Jaylen Warren's last 5 games: PPR points 6.4, 14.9, 10.3, 9.7, 20.6 (oldest to newest).
Love has already beaten Warren's 21.6 projection in 1 of his 3; Warren has beaten Love's 22.4 in 0 of his 5.
At least 1 of these 5 were played before the 2026 season — the card does not date them.
Matchup
Jeremiyah Love (ARI) faces NYG, kickoff Sun 1:00 PM ET. The matchup is rated run-funnel. Betting line: implied team total 23.0, spread -1.5.
Jaylen Warren (PIT) faces CLE, kickoff Thu 8:15 PM ET. The matchup is rated neutral. Betting line: implied team total 20.5, spread -2.5.
How to read these numbers
- Confidence in the call
- How clear-cut this start/sit call is — how decisively the player beats the alternative he competes with (for a starter, the best player on your bench; for a bench player, the last one in your lineup), on both projected points and the overlap of their likely ranges. A clear play reads high; a genuine toss-up reads lower. It rates the decision, not the player’s own volatility, and is not a measured accuracy rate.
- Floor
- The 20th percentile of the same simulated distribution.
- Ceiling
- The 90th percentile of the same simulated distribution.
- Opportunity score
- Expected points from projected volume alone, before any efficiency of this player’s own: each projected touch and target valued at the positional average for the scoring format.
- Matchup grade
- The opponent’s points allowed to this position per game, weighted toward recent games, then graded on a curve across the 32 defenses.
- Implied team total
- The points the betting market expects this team to score, derived from the game total and the spread. Market-derived, not modelled by Nuvela.
- Trend
- The direction of his scoring across the trailing window, classified as heating, steady or cooling.
- Touch share trend
- The same classification, measured on his share of team touches rather than on his points.
- Consistency
- The share of his games that landed within a set band of his own per-game average.
- Boom rate
- The share of his games that finished inside the top 12 scorers at his position for that week.
- Bust rate
- The share of his games that came in under half of what he was projected for that week.
- Vacated touches
- Carries and targets belonging to team-mates who are ruled out, on IR, or listed as non-participants for this week, taken at their recent per-game rate.
- Defense funnel
- Whether the opponent’s rush defense and pass defense are far enough apart to push offenses one way. A gap inside the band reads Neutral.
- Game script projection
- The expected state of the game for his team — favoured, level or trailing — taken from the closing spread.
More start/sit comparisons from this week's PPR projections. Open a pair for the call and the reasoning.