Rico Dowdle or Tank Bigsby: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tank Bigsby: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 182.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Rico Dowdle at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Tank Bigsby at 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 books. 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 through Week 2

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 2, Tank Bigsby has been on the field for 24 percent of PHI snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 1 time for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 13 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 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 Tank Bigsby played 17 games and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.

He carried 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 3.7 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Tank Bigsby 3.2, 9.6 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 that year and Tank Bigsby RB69.

Rico Dowdle had 173 more carries than Tank Bigsby, 236 to 63.

Rico Dowdle had 36 more catches than Tank Bigsby, 39 to 3.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 24 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9 and Tank Bigsby in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as out on the injury report.

Tank Bigsby is listed as questionable on the injury report.