Start Rico Dowdle or Tyler Badie? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rico Dowdle over Tyler Badie in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rico Dowdle at 6.4 points and Tyler Badie at 4.5, a gap of 1.9. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Rico Dowdle is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.4 fantasy points for Rico Dowdle, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rico Dowdle is 23 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (6 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.5 fantasy points for Tyler Badie, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tyler Badie is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

That puts Rico Dowdle 1.9 points ahead of Tyler Badie on the market projections.

Injury status

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable with a toe injury.

Tyler Badie is listed as questionable with a thumb injury.

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, Tyler Badie played 18 percent of DEN snaps, took 5 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Badie, Week 2 against JAX: 16 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 1 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 3 against LAR: 12 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 4 against SF: 12 of 65 snaps, 2 carries for 7 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Tyler Badie, Week 5 against LAC: 7 of 62 snaps, 1 carry for 6 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -5 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.

In 2025, Tyler Badie played 16 games for DEN and scored 35.4 PPR points, 2.2 a game, finishing RB77.

He ran 8 times for 23 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 19 of 31 targets for 141 yards.

He was on the field for 18 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Rico Dowdle over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Rico Dowdle over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Rico Dowdle over Corey Kiner.
• Start Tyler Badie over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Tyler Badie over CJ Donaldson.
• Start Tyler Badie over Corey Kiner.