Start Cam Skattebo over Jeremiyah Love — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Start Skattebo — the availability and game script edges are too wide to ignore.

Cam Skattebo is the healthier side of this call (Love carries a Questionable tag) and plays in the better game script (23.5 implied team points to 17.0). Love's edge is the projection, 14.7 to 13.7. The gap is comfortable.

Cam Skattebo

RB18NYGvs DAL

11.012.313.7 Projected Points

Start· medium

Jeremiyah Love

RB17ARIvs LAC

11.012.814.7 Projected Points

Sit

Why Cam Skattebo

Start· medium

RB1 and physical workhorse. Contact-balance bruiser with receiving chops, returning from late-season injury.

RB20 at 13.7 projected with a 13% target share — the pass-game role makes him a stable PPR RB2 in a near pick'em game.

DAL ranks 22 of 32 against RBs (one of the softer matchups, 0-game sample).
Vegas implies 23.5 team points as 1.5-point underdogs.
Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 52% snap share in 2025.

The call

Consensus RB20 and 13.7 projected points clears the bar for a 12-team PPR flex or RB2 slot over a typical replacement.
A 13% target share over eight games is elite receiving usage for a back — that floor holds even if the ground game stalls.
Vegas frames this as a coin flip (spread 1.5, 23.5 implied team total), so no negative script that would take him off the field.
Risk is the 52% snap share: he's splitting work, so the ceiling depends on goal-line and passing-down volume rather than pure carries.

Latest on Skattebo

Giants' Cam Skattebo says he mulled retiring after 2025 injury

Giants running back Cam Skattebo said Thursday on the "Up & Adams Show" that he briefly contemplated retirement after he suffered an open fracture of his right ankle during his rookie season.

ESPN · Sep 3, 2026

Skattebo tells Eisen of 'really strong connection' with John Harbaugh

ESPN · Sep 3, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Why Jeremiyah Love

Sit

Rookie RB in a committee backfield. Explosive big-play back with breakaway speed and pass-game receiving upside.

Sit — RB17 consensus, projects RB16 this week: LAC is the 8th-toughest matchup vs RBs, 17.0 implied team total caps the ceiling.

Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
LAC ranks 8 of 32 against RBs (one of the tougher matchups, 0-game sample).
Vegas implies 17.0 team points as 11.5-point underdogs.
Listed RB on the latest depth chart.

Latest on Love

Where is an appropriate spot to draft Jeremiyah Love in fantasy?

ESPN · Aug 31, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Cam Skattebo	Jeremiyah Love
Projected points	11.012.313.7	11.012.814.7
Consensus rank	RB18	RB17
Opponent vs position	DAL · 22 of 320-game sample	LAC · 8 of 320-game sample
Rushing Yards	15 of 32	9 of 32
Rushing TDs	24 of 32	12 of 32
Rushing Attempts	8 of 32	6 of 32
Receptions	29 of 32	6 of 32
Receiving Yards	30 of 32	7 of 32
Anytime TD	26 of 32	6 of 32
Target share	13%(2025)	—
Reception share	16%(2025)	—
Implied total · spread	23.5+1.5	17.0+11.5
Depth chart	RB1	RB1
Snap share	52%(2025)	—
Injury designation	—	Questionable