Ty Johnson or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 3.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 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.

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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 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

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 6.8 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Rico Dowdle RB18.

Rico Dowdle had 186 more carries than Ty Johnson, 236 to 50.

Rico Dowdle had 15 more catches than Ty Johnson, 39 to 24.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 27 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.