Should fantasy managers worry about Jeremiyah Love’s injury?
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon, Josh Norris and Hayden Winks discuss Jeremiyah Love's dominant snap share over Tyler Allgeier and why Arizona's reckless usage of their rookie running back in preseason has them concerned about his ankle injury. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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So good and bad news with him.
I thought one, the good news was the role.
He out-snapped Tyler Allgeier 16 to six.
He was out there for like eight, snaps on the first drive, eight snaps the second drive, and then Allgeier was mixing in just a little bit.
I did not know if that was for sure gonna be the case right away.
Now I feel confident that will be the case earlier on.
So I would draft him definitely in the second round at this point.
Assuming his ankle checks out, and that's the concern on the very last rep of his.
When we get into the reason why he's playing so many snaps is like beyond me.
They lose Chase Bisantas, their second-round pick- Yeah for the season in the third quarter of a game.
That's also ridiculous to me.
So as long as Jeremiah Love's ankle checks out, I feel even better about him as a fantasy asset, going into his rookie year.
This was idiotic usage by the Arizona Cardinals.
I mean, it, it really is that simple.
That, that's the statement here.
How do you take a running back that early in the draft and then really in his first preseason action, he gets 14 touches and 24 snaps in the first half?
What, what are we doing?
Like- Yeah this is already a player that you should know exactly how you're going to use, and so when you remove Jakobi Brissett and other starters, why not remove Jeremiah Love?
I understand that James Connor and Trey Benson are out with injuries, but this is pointless.
And I understand you probably wanna get a two-minute drill with him, but that last hit, I understand that Mike LaFleur has said, well, he has a sore ankle.
He showed up with it, and we're already gonna keep him out for the next week.
But Matt, we know that sometimes these ankle injuries aren't exactly reported as such and as fact immediately.
Yeah.
So this is on my radar.
I really hope, really hope it is just a minor ankle sprain because if anything else happens and LaFleur has already been cagey about week one, then, this changes the entire landscape of where to draft Jeremiah Love if he misses extended time.
