Rico Dowdle or Jalen McMillan: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 162.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Rico Dowdle at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jalen McMillan at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 154th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

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

This season through Week 2

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 2, Jalen McMillan has been on the field for 11 percent of TB snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against CLE he was not given the ball.

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 Jalen McMillan played 4 games and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.

He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Jalen McMillan 7.5, 5.2 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 and Jalen McMillan WR137, which are two different ladders.

Rico Dowdle is a running back and Jalen McMillan a wide receiver, 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 and Jalen McMillan in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rico Dowdle is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.