Jeremiyah Love fantasy football insight from Hayden Winks - PPR Rankings

With the 3rd overall draft capital locked in, Love is confirmed as a 100th percentile prospect in my model next to the likes of Saquon Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, Christian McCaffrey, Reggie Bush, Melvin Gordon, Ashton Jeanty, Darren McFadden, Bijan Robinson, Todd Gurley, Adrian Peterson, and Jonathan Taylor. Elite company. This cohort of players ranged from 6.5 to 21.3 half PPR points per game during their rookie seasons (huge range), with an average of 14.3. Last year, that would've made him the RB12 (Javonte Williams), while the RB7 (Derrick Henry) averaged 16.0 and the RB5 (De'Von Achane) averaged 18.1. A realistic range has been established. Love's skillset is ideal for fantasy football because he is an exceptional receiver out of the backfield with the 212-pound frame to project for 18+ touches per week. There is a chance the heavier and well-paid Tyler Allgeier (and even James Conner) could steal some goal line touches from him, just like Bijan dealt with as a rookie, but there is no chance he's not their pass-game back. His protection at Notre Dame was solid, and his explosiveness and hands are on another stratosphere than his backfield competition. This Arizona defense doesn't feel any different from last year when they were 29th in scoring, so there should be garbage time receptions baked in here. Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew are certainly bad, but they are at least functional enough for garbage time numbers in 2026. It's far from an ideal landing spot this season with Arizona striking out on RTs in the early parts of the draft, but it's not awful either....