PFF Flags 10 Week 1 Fantasy Reactions as Brooks, Love Lift Draft Stock

3 articles · Updated · Pro Football Focus · Aug 17

PFF’s Week 1 preseason roundup highlighted Jonathon Brooks and Jeremiyah Love as notable risers after both opened with starters and handled heavy early work.
Brooks played every situation except third-and-long for Carolina, strengthening his path to a Week 1 role with Chuba Hubbard week-to-week, while Love logged 16 of 22 snaps and 14 touches across Arizona’s first three drives.
The report also pointed to role clarity elsewhere: Miami kept Caleb Douglas and Malik Washington on the field for a full 16-play opening drive, and Buffalo used Dalton Kincaid with Dawson Knox on all five first-team 12-personnel snaps.
Other takeaways were more cautionary, with the Giants rotating three running backs, Tennessee hinting at a closer Tyjae Spears-Tony Pollard split, and Isaiah Likely playing only six snaps with New York’s starters.
Taken together, the reactions frame preseason usage—not box-score production—as the key driver of 2026 fantasy ADP moves heading into draft season.