Jordan Addison or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Addison: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: 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 Jordan Addison at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Jordan Addison has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 1 time for -1 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 52 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 Jordan Addison played 14 games and scored 135.1 PPR points, 9.7 a game, finishing WR45.

He caught 42 of 79 targets for 610 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 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 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Jordan Addison 9.7, 3.1 a game between them.

Jordan Addison finished WR45 and Rico Dowdle RB18, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Addison 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

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

Jordan Addison is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.