2026 1st round pick #3 is Jeremiyah Love RB

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

In a game when our third round pick sat with a rib injury: our second round pick was lost for the season while our first round pick suffered an ever evolving high ankle injury.

All after our 4th round pick was sent to IR after the first day of Rookie OTAs…

You couldn’t make this up if you tried!

 

[DVontel]

He gets hurt when live bullets are shooting fine. Keeping him in the game to get 2 minute work in a completely meaningless setting, after he already had like 70 yards of offense and a heavy workload in a completely meaningless game was just stupid.

Even the Raiders announcers were wondering why in the world he was still in the game at that point when he had already dazzled the way he had.

Yea, no way to spin this into anything else. Legitimately no point of playing starters in the pre-season.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Are we sure there’s isn’t a substations near SFS?

 

[ajcardfan]

No reason to play Love anymore in the preseason. Just hope he is ready for the Chargers season opening game to share plays with RB Tyler Allgeier.

There was zero reason to play him in the last game. Maybe a series. But the rest of that was stupid.

 

[some dumb guy]

You guys crack me up. Love was begging to play in the HOF game, IMO because he wanted to get some actual knowledge of playing in the big league. The cards could have not played him at all until week 1 and this injury could have happened and then we'd all say......da gum, the cards are cursed, there goes our RB1. MLF should have put him in preseason, so he'd get some reps and get used to the speed of the NFL. Injuries happen, some in preseason some in games 1-17.
This whole forum is like a pendulum...one way it's all ok, which is rare and the other way, holy crap who can we blame for this......trust me, it's a much better life when you live in the middle and don't go too far right or left

 

[Russ Smith]

To me he comps as a Reggie Bush, Marshal Faulk type of back, in terms of value, maybe higher than those because as a pure runner he's pretty elite. He's the kind of back that may not every day impress as a top level fantasy player but just makes defenses miserable.

He runs a bit like Bush but he's MUCH bigger and stronger and less likely to run out of bounds.

 

[GatorAZ]

He runs a bit like Bush but he's MUCH bigger and stronger and less likely to run out of bounds.

Yeah I don’t see the AD comp at all. He’s more Gibbs-ish.

 

[pemory09]

From the sounds of it if this was regular season- he would be in.

We obviously just want him to be 100% for the season. I think it's a good thing we got him some action. I'm not pressing the panic button yet

I’ve been a fan for too many years…I’m always pressing the panic button!

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Jeremiyah Love has a high ankle sprain

Cardinals hope he'll be ready for Week 1 at Chargers.

www.nbcsports.com

Love now has a high ankle sprain, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Cardinals hope he can return in four weeks, for a Week 1 game at the Chargers.

Earlier in the day, Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur declined to say whether the ankle injury was a low sprain or a high sprain. The high ankle sprain typically takes longer to heal.

On Saturday, the Cardinals worked out a trio of running backs — Montrell Stewart, Blake Watson, and Tre Stewart. They signed Stewart.

 

[GeorgiaCard88]

Well that’s an unfortunate update if it’s truly a high ankle sprain. Thankfully he has almost a month to recover

 

[gmabel830]

We can't have nice things.

 

[BirdGangThing]

thankful it's just an ankle

 

[Shane]

Jeremiyah Love has a high ankle sprain

Cardinals hope he'll be ready for Week 1 at Chargers.

www.nbcsports.com

Love now has a high ankle sprain, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. The Cardinals hope he can return in four weeks, for a Week 1 game at the Chargers.

Earlier in the day, Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur declined to say whether the ankle injury was a low sprain or a high sprain. The high ankle sprain typically takes longer to heal.

On Saturday, the Cardinals worked out a trio of running backs — Montrell Stewart, Blake Watson, and Tre Stewart. They signed Stewart.

With Benson, Conner, the FA we signed, Kiner and Knight did you really need to sign another RB???

 

[BullheadCardFan]

With Benson, Conner, the FA we signed, Kiner and Knight did you really need to sign another RB???

Good question

Maybe to use during PS so as not to risk any more injuries is all I can come up with

 

[oaken1]

they need someone to

With Benson, Conner, the FA we signed, Kiner and Knight did you really need to sign another RB???

take snaps in the pre season. this stewart guy they signed is probably going to get an entire half to put some tape together while we shuffle linemen

 

[Cardinal88]

You guys crack me up. Love was begging to play in the HOF game, IMO because he wanted to get some actual knowledge of playing in the big league. The cards could have not played him at all until week 1 and this injury could have happened and then we'd all say......da gum, the cards are cursed, there goes our RB1. MLF should have put him in preseason, so he'd get some reps and get used to the speed of the NFL. Injuries happen, some in preseason some in games 1-17.
This whole forum is like a pendulum...one way it's all ok, which is rare and the other way, holy crap who can we blame for this......trust me, it's a much better life when you live in the middle and don't go too far right or left

FINALLY! Someone gets it! Thank you SDG, I've been saying this for a long time. It's an inverted bell curve with nothing in the middle!

Injuries are a part of the game. Unfortunately, for the Cardinals it's most of our game. Whether it's the curse, the training, the field, the sunshine, who knows. At one point, I thought the All Mighty was on our side when Larry caught that touchdown but no, it was just a tease. So let's question the final outcome with a two toe tap dance in the endzone. But before that, let's make it interesting.... we'll have Aaron Franciso trip on a blade of grass and let the Steelers get closer to win it.

Let's just say what it is, we are a jinxed team!

 

[Totally_Red]

We can't have nice things.

We can, we just break them like a 3-year old kid with a new toy.

 

[maroon]

Eh stuff happens, good and bad, don't get too up or too down, just stop expecting disaster.

 

[DVontel]

With Benson, Conner, the FA we signed, Kiner and Knight did you really need to sign another RB???

Well, one is washed & the other has durability problems.

 

[Russ Smith]

With Benson, Conner, the FA we signed, Kiner and Knight did you really need to sign another RB???

Benson is going to be cut IMO and Conner hasn't been activated yet.

So they probably figure they need it for depth.

I sure hope this is not a long term issue for Love it's insane how many of our top picks get hurt every year.

Can't wait to see him in real games

 

[kerouac9]

Well, one is washed & the other has durability problems.

I told you all along that Trey Benson would save us. Here we go.

 

[Chopper0080]

They shouldn’t play them at all. I wonder if there was some kind of edict put out by the league that starters have to play in the preseason. The past few years have been stealing from STH.

I understand the overall disagreement with playing backups in preseason games. I think that is fine to disagree with but that is a different in philosophy more than an egregious act. I don't think his usage in that game was any form of malpractice and just a difference in philosophy.

 

[Chopper0080]

He gets hurt when live bullets are shooting fine. Keeping him in the game to get 2 minute work in a completely meaningless setting, after he already had like 70 yards of offense and a heavy workload in a completely meaningless game was just stupid.

Even the Raiders announcers were wondering why in the world he was still in the game at that point when he had already dazzled the way he had.

His workload in that game was not high, I get people disagree with Love playing in the game, but that is a difference in philosophy more than anything. Plenty of teams play fringe starters and younger players in these games so it isn't like MLF is on an island here.

 

[Chopper0080]

Yea, no way to spin this into anything else. Legitimately no point of playing starters in the pre-season.

Some coaches agree and some disagree.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I understand the overall disagreement with playing backups in preseason games. I think that is fine to disagree with but that is a different in philosophy more than an egregious act. I don't think his usage in that game was any form of malpractice and just a difference in philosophy.

Playing guys limited snaps in a preseason game is fine. 14 touches in one half of any preseason game is stupid. It’s okay to just admit you were wrong about keeping him in the game when it was clear that he’d already flashed enough and was getting too much run for a completely meaningless game.