Rico Dowdle or Jahmyr Gibbs: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahmyr Gibbs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rico Dowdle is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Jahmyr Gibbs, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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 5, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 77 percent of DET snaps, taken 82 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 13 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 1.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 20 times for 99 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 65 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 25 times for 151 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4-5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Rico Dowdle 12.7, 8.9 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 that year and Jahmyr Gibbs RB3.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 7 more carries than Rico Dowdle, 243 to 236.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 38 more catches than Rico Dowdle, 77 to 39.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 42 percent.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 82 percent against 37 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9 and Jahmyr Gibbs in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.