Start Rico Dowdle or Kimani Vidal? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rico Dowdle over Kimani Vidal in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rico Dowdle at 5.9 points and Kimani Vidal at 5.1, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

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).

Player markets imply 5.1 fantasy points for Kimani Vidal, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kimani Vidal is 17 rushing yards, 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (7, 8, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Rico Dowdle 0.8 points ahead of Kimani Vidal on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

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.

Injury status

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Kimani Vidal is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Kimani Vidal played 25 percent of LAC snaps, took 10 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Kimani Vidal, Week 2 against LV: 7 of 68 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 3 against BUF: 17 of 69 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards.

Kimani Vidal, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 25 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kimani Vidal, Week 5 against DEN: 28 of 67 snaps, 8 carries for 57 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025, Kimani Vidal played 13 games for LAC and scored 117.9 PPR points, 9.1 a game, finishing RB42.

He ran 155 times for 643 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 16 of 22 targets for 136 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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• Start Rico Dowdle over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Kimani Vidal over AJ Dillon.
• Start Kimani Vidal over Brian Robinson.
• Start Kimani Vidal over Chris Rodriguez Jr..