Travis Etienne Jr. or Rico Dowdle: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Travis Etienne Jr. at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 96th highest figure of the 182 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 97th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 59 percent of NO snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 0.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. 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 Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 59 percent against 58 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Etienne Jr. is off in Week 8 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.