Should I start DeMario Douglas or Rico Dowdle in Week 7?

The market-based projections

DeMario Douglas's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 71st highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

Rico Dowdle's market-based projection is 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 196 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rico Dowdle, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 54 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 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 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 7.1 a game between them.

DeMario Douglas finished WR65 and Rico Dowdle RB18, which are two different ladders.

DeMario Douglas is a wide receiver 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

DeMario Douglas is off in Week 11 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.