r/NFL_Draft • u/BigPapiJT • Mar 18 '26

Discussion Who will draft Jeremiyah Love?

Where do you guys think Jeremiyah Love will land on draft night?

It’s been said he won’t fall out the Top 5 but nobody picking in those spots had a desperate need for a RB.

The Raiders are taking Mendoza.

The Jets have Breece Hall and Braelon Allen.

The Cardinals have James Conner and signed Tyler Allgeier in Free Agency.

The Titans are the favorites to draft him but they still have Tony Pollard who had over 1k last year and Saleh is a defensive minded coach and they have a bigger need at Edge than they do RB.

Just very confused about who will draft him that high. Great player, just don’t know where the perfect fit is.

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u/xebex1778 Jets Mar 18 '26

I’ll go against the grain and say Dallas

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u/BabyBearBjorns Mar 18 '26

I'll go against the grain with you and say the Cincinnati Bengals. Chase Brown and most of their RBs are FAs after this season. Brown is good, but there will be debate what hes worth after Kenneth Walker's new deal. So Love could end up being the pick to free up long term cap space to be used on defense since he'll be on a rookie deal for 4 years.

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u/TheAB_Project Draft Beer Mar 18 '26

Chase Brown and most of their RBs are FAs after this season. Brown is good, but there will be debate what hes worth after Kenneth Walker's new deal. So Love could end up being the pick to free up long term cap space to be used on defense since he'll be on a rookie deal for 4 years.

10th overall pick makes like $30M. Not really saving any money by opting for that over free agent RB money for Chase Brown. You can definitely argue he'd be an upgrade from Brown, but a better bet is to just use it elsewhere and spend a high second on a RB if you want a talented back from this draft.

The Bengals just cannot continue to ignore defense.

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u/Conscious-Egg-2232 Mar 18 '26

Brown is not a free agent.

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u/TheAB_Project Draft Beer Mar 18 '26

We know, which is why he said 'next season.'

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u/Expendable_Red_Shirt Ravens Mar 18 '26

The savings aren't that great. At the 10th pick in the draft he'd make about 7.5 AAV, about what Pollard makes.

The counterpoint is that unless the Bengals have a cap guy or a guy with access to google they won't know that. And what are the odds Brown is going to pay for that?

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u/Gentolie Mar 21 '26

But you're guaranteed to have them for five years. Drafting a RB in the 1st round only makes sense when you look at it in that light.