Rico Dowdle or Tyler Allgeier: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Allgeier: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Rico Dowdle at 8.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tyler Allgeier at 7.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 220 players the market prices.

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

This season so far

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 4, Tyler Allgeier has been on the field for 51 percent of ARI snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 3.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against SEA he carried 5 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SF he carried 2 times for -1 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he carried 8 times for 42 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 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 Tyler Allgeier played 17 games and scored 123.0 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB39.

He carried 143 times for 514 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 96 more yards.

That came to 8.4 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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 Tyler Allgeier 7.2, 5.5 a game between them.

Rico Dowdle finished RB18 that year and Tyler Allgeier RB39.

Rico Dowdle had 93 more carries than Tyler Allgeier, 236 to 143.

Rico Dowdle had 25 more catches than Tyler Allgeier, 39 to 14.

This season Tyler Allgeier holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 42 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 32 percent.

Byes and availability

Rico Dowdle is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for Tyler Allgeier.

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.