MarShawn Lloyd or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on MarShawn Lloyd: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 52.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price MarShawn Lloyd at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Rico Dowdle at 2.9 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 37 percent of GB snaps, taken 43 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 11 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 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

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

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.

Head to head

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 37 percent.

This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 43 percent against 37 percent.

Byes and availability

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, 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 market half of this page is whole for only one of them.