Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Rico Dowdle? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Rico Dowdle in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 8.1 points and Rico Dowdle at 5.9, a gap of 2.1. Drafters take Jacory Croskey-Merritt at ADP 119 and Rico Dowdle at 76.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.1 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacory Croskey-Merritt is 40 rushing yards and 0.6 touchdowns (5 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 5.9 fantasy points for Rico Dowdle, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rico Dowdle is 21 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 12, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 2.1 points ahead of Rico Dowdle on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jacory Croskey-Merritt and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 23.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 87 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against SF and caught passes for 45 more yards.

Rico Dowdle and PIT visit TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 16.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 60 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 36 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 45 percent of WAS snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 5 against NYG: 22 of 62 snaps, 11 carries for 82 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Rico Dowdle played 42 percent of PIT snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Rico Dowdle, Week 1 against ATL: 39 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 15 yards, 5 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards.

Rico Dowdle, Week 2 against NE: 18 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Rico Dowdle played 17 games for CAR and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He ran 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 yards.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle, Week 18 of 2025 against TB: 27 of 51 snaps, 7 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards, 3.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Rico Dowdle over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Rico Dowdle over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Rico Dowdle over Corey Kiner.