Start Rico Dowdle or Jonathon Brooks? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Rico Dowdle over Jonathon Brooks
- NE D vs RB
- 15.0
- 10th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 1
- ATL D vs RB
- 14.4
- 9th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 19%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 1
Our Week 2 call
Start Rico Dowdle over Jonathon Brooks in Week 2.
Neither player has a posted player market for this week, so this call is ADP and news based rather than priced against the betting market. Drafters take Rico Dowdle at ADP 79 and Jonathon Brooks at 95.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rico Dowdle in Week 2.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Jonathon Brooks in Week 2.
Week 2 matchups
Rico Dowdle and PIT visit NE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
NE allowed 15.0 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 10th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 84 yards and no touchdowns against NE and caught passes for 26 more yards.
Jonathon Brooks and CAR visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 14.4 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 61 yards and no touchdowns against ATL and caught passes for 33 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Rico Dowdle has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rico Dowdle is not on the injury report.
Jonathon Brooks is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Rico Dowdle played 58 percent of PIT snaps, took 44 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 20 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.
Through Week 1, Jonathon Brooks played 19 percent of CAR snaps, took 18 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Jonathon Brooks, Week 1 against CHI: 13 of 68 snaps, 4 carries for 14 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 48 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
Rico Dowdle, Week 17 of 2025 against SEA: 34 of 53 snaps, 12 carries for 59 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 4 yards, 9.3 PPR points.
Their other Week 2 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB22 · PIT · bye 9
2025 vs rush yds line 6-11
- Overall rank
- 49
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB40 · CAR · bye 5
- Overall rank
- 161
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 2, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board112
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 10
- Board size244 draftable players
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