Rico Dowdle or Foster Moreau: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Foster Moreau: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Rico Dowdle at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Foster Moreau at 2.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rico Dowdle's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 42 percent of PIT snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.9 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.

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

Through Week 4, Foster Moreau has been on the field for 41 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 2 of 4 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 1 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 Foster Moreau played 11 games and scored 12.9 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing TE86.

He caught 7 of 10 targets for 59 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Foster Moreau 1.2, 11.6 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 and Foster Moreau TE86, which are two different ladders.

Rico Dowdle is a running back and Foster Moreau a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Foster Moreau.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.