Should I start Tucker Kraft or Rico Dowdle in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Tucker Kraft's market-based projection is 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 59th highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

Rico Dowdle's market-based projection is 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 204 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tucker Kraft, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rico Dowdle, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Tucker Kraft has been on the field for 80 percent of GB snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he caught 5 of 8 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 36 percent of PIT snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 7 times for 40 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tucker Kraft played 8 games and scored 117.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE24.

He caught 32 of 44 targets for 489 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Rico Dowdle was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tucker Kraft scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Rico Dowdle 12.7, 1.9 a game between them.

Tucker Kraft finished TE24 and Rico Dowdle RB18, which are two different ladders.

Tucker Kraft is a tight end and Rico Dowdle a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tucker Kraft is off in Week 11 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.9 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.