Should I start Rico Dowdle or Cam Skattebo in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rico Dowdle, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Rico Dowdle's market-based projection is 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Cam Skattebo's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 36 percent of PIT snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 2 against NE he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 7 times for 40 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Rico Dowdle 12.7, 3.2 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 that year and Cam Skattebo RB37.

Rico Dowdle had 135 more carries than Cam Skattebo, 236 to 101.

Rico Dowdle had 15 more catches than Cam Skattebo, 39 to 24.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 36 percent.

This season Cam Skattebo holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9 and Cam Skattebo in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Cam Skattebo has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.