Should I start Rico Dowdle or Kimani Vidal in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Rico Dowdle's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 132nd highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Kimani Vidal's market-based projection is 5.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 138th highest figure of the 200 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rico Dowdle, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kimani Vidal, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Kimani Vidal has been on the field for 25 percent of LAC snaps, taken 10 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 5 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 8 times for 57 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Kimani Vidal played 13 games and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He carried 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Kimani Vidal 9.1, 3.7 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 that year and Kimani Vidal RB42.

Rico Dowdle had 81 more carries than Kimani Vidal, 236 to 155.

Rico Dowdle had 23 more catches than Kimani Vidal, 39 to 16.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 25 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9 and Kimani Vidal in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.