Rico Dowdle or KaVontae Turpin: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 208th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on KaVontae Turpin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 214th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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.

No season market is posted for KaVontae Turpin, 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 4, KaVontae Turpin has been on the field for 12 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 1 time for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 1 time for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU 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 KaVontae Turpin played 15 games and scored 84.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR77.

He caught 26 of 38 targets for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.5 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and KaVontae Turpin 5.6, 7.1 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 and KaVontae Turpin WR77, which are two different ladders.

Rico Dowdle is a running back and KaVontae Turpin 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. No bye is listed for KaVontae Turpin.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.