2026 1st round pick #3 is Jeremiyah Love RB

[Adrian]

SleeperNFL


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@joelklatt
believes Jeremiyah Love could see an “almost 50/50” split between rushing and receiving

 

[BritCard]

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[Adrian]

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[GatorAZ]

Agree the QB play is the key this year. JB was ok but but much of the stats were when we were way down but statisically he was better when we were ahead than behind. I am hopeful he's good enough we all saw the key is giving him time he has a slow release and holds the ball too long trying to push it downfield, it's admirable but problematic. At his age he's probably not going to change although maybe CMLF can get him to improve.

So my hope is having a solid run game can be the change, he didn't have it last year everyone knew we had to throw the ball.

I don't have a clue how many wins I think we'll be better on offense than last year and there's a chance the defense is better. Depends on health, when does Nolen come back, how healthy is he etc.

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Starting a rookie QB out of the gate would be doing Love a disservice. Brissett is mid as it gets but he’s been around long enough to read alignments and make pre snap checks making Love’s job even 5% easier. Relying on a rookie QB/rookie RB/rookie HC could get ugly early. We’re going to be bad but at least tease me in September.

 

[602 Native]

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Was just about to post this.

Glad to have MLF here. I don’t think we stay with 3 without him.

 

[oaken1]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/...g-overreactions-takeaways-lessons-picks-teams

The problem is that the main purpose of the draft, in a league with a salary cap, is to extract maximum value from players during the early years of their careers so you can spend your cap space elsewhere. You are looking for guys who will outplay the value of their contracts.

If Love plays like a top-10 running back all four years, the Cardinals will be paying him accordingly. If they'd taken, for example, Ohio State's Arvell Reese with that pick, Reese would have made the same $13.125 million per year (35th among edge rushers). Ohio State's Carnell Tate, who went one pick later to the Titans, will make an average of $12.7 million over the first four years of his career. That makes him the 32nd-highest-paid wide receiver.

This is what we mean when we talk about extracting value. The Titans have a much better chance to spend the next four years underpaying Tate relative to his performance than the Cardinals have of doing the same with Love. The Cardinals also play in a division that featured three 12-win teams in 2025, one of which won the Super Bowl. Their quarterbacks room consists of Jacoby Brissett, Gardner Minshew II and third-round rookie Carson Beck. They are not a win-now team that can look at a running back on an expensive contract as the final missing piece, the way the Eagles did with Barkley when they signed him as a free agent in 2024 and went on to win the Super Bowl.

Again, this is no offense to Love, who I hope has an excellent career. The concern is that by the time the Cardinals are likely to contend, they'll be confronting a contract extension with Love that they might not be able to afford. Arizona could easily be wasting the early years of his career while paying him a premium salary.

Thats all true and I agree.

However, some "Value" cannot be measured by dollar signs...and it is this value in which I believe Love will make us very wealthy indeed.

Just kinda gotta hope the dollars and cents pan out

 

[Adrian]

Tyler Drake

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Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman while on with @Bickley_Marotta says he often refers to Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love as a "unicorn." "His play speaks for itself. He's as good a football player that I've ever been around. I think he has a unique skillset in terms of his athleticism, his explosiveness, his power, his speed, his ability to play multiple positions at a high level

 

[PACardsFan]

Tyler Drake
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Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman while on with @Bickley_Marotta says he often refers to Cardinals RB Jeremiyah Love as a "unicorn." "His play speaks for itself. He's as good a football player that I've ever been around. I think he has a unique skillset in terms of his athleticism, his explosiveness, his power, his speed, his ability to play multiple positions at a high level

As a hardcore ND fan who hasn’t missed watching an ND game since 1966, I concur. Best ND player at the college level I can recall & there have been MANY great ones. Question is whether he can be all that at the next level?

 

[BritCard]

SleeperNFL
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@joelklatt
believes Jeremiyah Love could see an “almost 50/50” split between rushing and receiving

I think this is possible, or at least I expect Love to have a bunch of receiving yards. But not from lining up in the slot or outside.

I think MLF will want to get the ball to Love in space alot and use his speed and elusiveness.

 

[oaken1]

I think this is possible, or at least I expect Love to have a bunch of receiving yards. But not from lining up in the slot or outside.

I think MLF will want to get the ball to Love in space alot and use his speed and elusiveness.

Similar to how the niners use CMC..
Least that's what I'm expecting

 

[BritCard]

Similar to how the niners use CMC..
Least that's what I'm expecting

Yeah. CMC will occasionally line up in the slot but much of his receiving are just 5 yard slants of out the backfield or similar.

Draw defenders away with TEs and WRs then hit CMC on short routes into the space.

 

[Harry]

we should know which rallis we have by halftime of the first game - creative blitzes or the 4 man blush

I’m still hopeful they sign a pass rusher.

 

[Adrian]

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[JCSunsfan]

Regardless of what pick we spent on him etc. I am looking forward to watching this kid carry the ball.

At first glance, he runs between the tackles like JC, but also has breakaway speed.

 

[Vacard]

Really, like when the last time we had a back that had home run speed? A true offensive playmaker that was a threat to take it to the house on every carry?

 

[kerouac9]

Really, like when the last time we had a back that had home run speed? A true offensive playmaker that was a threat to take it to the house on every carry?

Trey Benson? What are you on about?

 

[Adrian]

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[Bada0Bing]

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I'm confused. In the video, Love doesn't say what's written in the tweet.

 

[kerouac9]

I'm confused. In the video, Love doesn't say what's written in the tweet.

Man imagine sharing some guy with 1500 followers without actually watching the video.

But follower count isn’t a good filter for legitimacy. Just keep posting randos with four-figure follower counts.

 

[some dumb guy]

Man imagine sharing some guy with 1500 followers without actually watching the video.

But follower count isn’t a good filter for legitimacy. Just keep posting randos with four-figure follower counts.

Yo, K9. Just be careful. BadaOBing might make you an offer you can't refuse...

 

[Krangodnzr]

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I actually would rather visit Seattle than Phoenix. I've lived in both and Seattle is infinitely cooler and has more stuff to do.

 

[oaken1]

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someone needs to explain the term "Bulletin Board Material" to this kid...and why its bad, lol.

 

[oaken1]

I'm confused. In the video, Love doesn't say what's written in the tweet.

just a new headline to get clicks on a video thats been circulating for a week already.
#ContentSeason

 

[oaken1]

I actually would rather visit Seattle than Phoenix. I've lived in both and Seattle is infinitely cooler and has more stuff to do.

oh yeah, sit in the rain sipping starbucks while listening to grunge.
awesome place. yay.

 

[some dumb guy]

I actually would rather visit Seattle than Phoenix. I've lived in both and Seattle is infinitely cooler and has more stuff to do.

What are you talking about? How about Ledged City? Oh, wait...Well, then Big Surf....oh crap...Candy's?? You may be right...
Well, the late 60's and 70's were pretty good...