Bo Nix or Rico Dowdle: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Bo Nix at 17.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Rico Dowdle at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 98th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 33 times and thrown 3.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 7 of 33 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against KC he completed 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 3 yards.

Through Week 1, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rico Dowdle played 17 games and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He carried 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Bo Nix scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Rico Dowdle 12.7, 5.9 a game between them.

Bo Nix finished QB7 and Rico Dowdle RB18, which are two different ladders.

Bo Nix is a quarterback and Rico Dowdle a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bo Nix is off in Week 10 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.