Start Rico Dowdle or Tony Pollard? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Rico Dowdle over Tony Pollard
- NE D vs RB
- 15.0
- 10th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 58%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 14%
- Through Week 1
- Books imply
- 9.4
- fantasy pts
- PHI D vs RB
- 18.9
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 52%
- Through Week 1
- Target share
- 7%
- Through Week 1
Our Week 2 call
Start Rico Dowdle over Tony Pollard in Week 2.
Tony Pollard is priced by the books at 9.4 projected points and Rico Dowdle has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Rico Dowdle at ADP 79 and Tony Pollard at 70.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Tony Pollard, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for Rico Dowdle in Week 2.
Week 2 matchups
Tony Pollard and TEN host PHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PHI allowed 18.9 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 13th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 101 yards and a touchdown against PHI and caught passes for -2 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Tony Pollard has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Tony Pollard is not on the injury report.
Rico Dowdle is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Tony Pollard played 52 percent of TEN snaps, took 50 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
Tony Pollard, Week 1 against NYJ: 26 of 50 snaps, 7 carries for 35 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -1 yards.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Tony Pollard played 17 games for TEN and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.
He ran 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 yards.
He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Tony Pollard, Week 18 of 2025 against JAX: 14 carries for 48 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards, 9.5 PPR points.
Tony Pollard, Week 17 of 2025 against NO: 37 of 74 snaps, 18 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 11.5 PPR points.
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
RB26 · TEN · bye 9
2025 vs rush yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 54
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
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 board5
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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