Jordan Love or Rico Dowdle: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jordan Love at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 23rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Rico Dowdle at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 96th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Love: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 60.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jordan Love has been on the field for 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 11.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 46 dropbacks.

In Week 1 against MIN he completed 21 of 42 passes for 387 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

Through Week 1, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 10 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Love played 15 games and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He threw for 3381 yards on 439 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.3 attempts a game at 7.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 94 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 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and Rico Dowdle 12.7, 3.4 a game between them.

Jordan Love finished QB15 and Rico Dowdle RB18, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Love is a quarterback 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 Love is off in Week 11 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.