Isaiah Davis or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Davis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Isaiah Davis at 3.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Rico Dowdle at 2.9 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Isaiah Davis has been on the field for 6 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Davis played 16 games and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He carried 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 2.7 carries a game at 5.5 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 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.

Rico Dowdle was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Isaiah Davis 4.5, 8.3 a game between them.

Isaiah Davis finished RB59 that year and Rico Dowdle RB18.

Rico Dowdle had 193 more carries than Isaiah Davis, 236 to 43.

Rico Dowdle had 18 more catches than Isaiah Davis, 39 to 21.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 6 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Isaiah Davis.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.