PIT
BUF
27
28
FINAL
WAS
BAL
o34
-3
6:00PM • NFLN
NE
CLE
13
37
FINAL
HOU
CAR
o35.5
+1
7:00PM • NFLN
TB
JAX
o35
+3
7:30PM • NFLN
CIN
PHI
o36.5
-2.5
8:00PM • CBS/P
LAR
LAC
20
18
FINAL
ATL
MIA
o36.5
+3.5
7:00PM • NFLN
NYG
NYJ
o36.5
+3
7:30PM • NFLN
SEA
KC
o34.5
+0.5
8:00PM • ESPN
DET
IND
o36.5
-3.5
1:00PM • NFLN
MIN
DEN
o37.5
-3.5
9:00PM • NFLN
SF
LV
18
12
FINAL
ARI
GB
o36.5
+0.5
8:00PM • NFLN
NO
DAL
o38
-2.5
8:00PM • ESPN
CHI
TEN
o37.5
-2.5
6:00PM • NFLN
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | REC | YDS | TD | FSP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247 | 1123 | 4.5 | 6 | 44 | 339 | 1 | 18.76 | |
| Compare to same point last season | ||||||||
Rico Dowdle | Fantasy Outlook
Reunion With Mike McCarthy Offers Solid Flex Appeal in Pittsburgh Backfield
Rico Dowdle arrives in Pittsburgh reunited with Mike McCarthy after productive multi-year stints in Dallas and Carolina. Working in tandem with Jaylen Warren in the Steelers' backfield, Dowdle is positioned for a reliable rotational workload, providing valuable depth and consistent complementary touches between the tackles.
Our models project Dowdle to handle 200 carries for 865 rushing yards and six touchdowns on the ground, adding 23 receptions on 44 targets for 188.0 fantasy points. Having logged over 230 carries in consecutive seasons, he brings proven volume capabilities to Pittsburgh's run game.
Draft market sentiment has cooled noticeably on Dowdle, with his ADP dropping from the mid-80s into the late-round range around pick 114 in 1.0 PPR formats. With start rates sitting near 40%, his falling draft cost turns him into a clear value target for zero-RB or depth-focused drafters.
Updated 21 hrs ago
Rico Dowdle Fantasy
| RUSH | RECEIVING | |||||||||
| WK | OPP | ATT | YD | TD | TARGET | REC | YD | TD | Pts | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | LAR (24th) | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 18 | @TB (12th) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 17 | SEA (32nd) | 12 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 39 |
| 16 | TB (12th) | 9 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 15 | @NO (12th) | 16 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 18 |
| 13 | LAR (31st) | 18 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 12 | @SF (20th) | 6 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 37 |
| 12 | @SF (20th) | 6 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 37 |
| 11 | @ATL (4th) | 19 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 22 |
| 10 | NO (10th) | 18 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 34 |
| 9 | @GB (32nd) | 25 | 130 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 8 | BUF (5th) | 8 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | @NYJ (12th) | 17 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | DAL (6th) | 30 | 183 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| 5 | MIA (13th) | 23 | 206 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 4 | @NE (17th) | 9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | ATL (27th) | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | @ARI (15th) | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 1 | @JAX (2nd) | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 247 | 1123 | 6 | 56 | 44 | 339 | 1 | 230 | |||
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| RUSH | RECEIVING | ||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | ATT | YD | AVG | TD | TGTS | REC | YD | AVG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DAL | 2 | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | DAL | 16 | 89 | 361 | 4.1 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 144 | 8.5 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | DAL | 16 | 235 | 1079 | 4.6 | 2 | 49 | 39 | 249 | 6.4 | 3 | ||
| 2025 | CAR | 16 | 247 | 1123 | 4.5 | 6 | 56 | 44 | 339 | 7.7 | 1 | ||
| 3-YEAR AVG | 17 | 189 | 855 | 4.5 | 3 | 43 | 34 | 247 | 7.3 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 54 | 580 | 2598 | 4.5 | 10 | 130 | 102 | 746 | 7.3 | 6 | |||
Dowdle Projection
View All| RUSH ATT | RUSH YD | RUSH TD | REC | REC YD | REC TD | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.53 | 57.06 | 0.28 | 2.22 | 16.7 | 0.06 | 13.12 |
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OWN START TRENDS
Depth Chart
Pittsburgh Steelers
Roster Breakdown| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Drew Allar | 2% | 0% |
| Aaron Rodgers | 13% | 3% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Warren | 100% | 52% |
| Rico Dowdle | 100% | 40% |
| Kaleb Johnson | 2% | 0% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Darnell Washington | 2% | 0% |
| Pat Freiermuth | 17% | 3% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| DK Metcalf | 99% | 39% |
| Michael Pittman | 99% | 29% |
| Germie Bernard | 12% | 0% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Boswell | 38% | 31% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Steelers DST | 88% | 87% |
Team Rankings
PTS
23.4
15th
YDS
305.6
25th
Y/P
5.3
15th
TO Diff
0.7
4th
ATT
32.4
17th
CMP
21.5
10th
YDS
202.4
22nd
TD
1.5
12th
ATT
23.9
28th
YDS
103.3
26th
AVG
4.3
17th
TD
0.9
17th
SACK
2.8
6th
TA
1.6
4th
PA
22.8
17th
| Team | W-L | Win % | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Steelers | 10-7-0 | 0.588 | 397 | 387 |
 Ravens | 8-9-0 | 0.471 | 424 | 398 |
 Bengals | 6-11-0 | 0.353 | 414 | 492 |
 Browns | 5-12-0 | 0.294 | 279 | 379 |
Redzone Stats
| Player | TOTAL LOOKS | RUSH ATT | TGT | REC | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Warren | 48 | 43 | 5 | 4 | |
| Kenneth Gainwell | 43 | 25 | 18 | 15 | |
| Kaleb Johnson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | TOTAL LOOKS | TGT | REC | RUSH ATT | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Metcalf | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | |
| Marquez Valdes-Scantling | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Calvin Austin | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Scotty Miller | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Calvin Austin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ben Skowronek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | TOTAL LOOKS | TGT | REC | RUSH ATT | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonnu Smith | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |
| Pat Freiermuth | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| Darnell Washington | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
| Connor Heyward | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Team Stats
| Player | GP | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | RATE | RUSH YDS | RUSH TD | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.Rodgers | 16 | 327 | 498 | 3322 | 24 | 7 | 94.8 | 61 | 1 | |
| M.Rudolph | 5 | 38 | 52 | 310 | 2 | 2 | 84.6 | 6 | 0 | |
| S.Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W.Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | TGT | REC | REC YDS | SNAPS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Warren | 16 | 211 | 958 | 4.5 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 333 | 489 | |
| K.Gainwell | 17 | 114 | 537 | 4.7 | 5 | 85 | 73 | 486 | 517 | |
| K.Johnson | 10 | 28 | 69 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 51 | |
| T.Sermon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| L.Nichols | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | TGT | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | SNAPS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.Metcalf | 15 | 99 | 59 | 850 | 14.4 | 6 | 80 | 776 | |
| C.Austin III | 14 | 55 | 31 | 372 | 12.0 | 3 | 31 | 446 | |
| A.Thielen | 16 | 35 | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 0 | 28 | 387 | |
| R.Wilson | 13 | 21 | 12 | 166 | 13.8 | 2 | 45 | 253 | |
| M.Valdes-Scantling | 10 | 29 | 14 | 120 | 8.6 | 1 | 19 | 339 | |
| B.Skowronek | 17 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 1 | 22 | 159 | |
| S.Miller | 13 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 0 | 15 | 158 |
| Player | GP | TGT | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | SNAPS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.Freiermuth | 17 | 54 | 41 | 486 | 11.9 | 4 | 68 | 522 | |
| D.Washington | 16 | 43 | 31 | 364 | 11.7 | 1 | 36 | 546 | |
| J.Smith | 17 | 54 | 38 | 222 | 5.8 | 2 | 21 | 536 | |
| C.Heyward | 17 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 90 |
| Player | GP | FGM | FGA | XPM | XPA | PTS | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.Boswell | 17 | 27 | 32 | 42 | 43 | 141 |
| Player | GP | TKL | SACK | TFL | INT | PD | FF | FR | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.Queen | 17 | 120 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| P.Wilson | 17 | 109 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| J.Ramsey | 17 | 88 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.Heyward | 17 | 78 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| K.Dugger | 16 | 56 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| T.Watt | 14 | 55 | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | |
| J.Porter Jr. | 14 | 52 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| K.Benton | 17 | 51 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A.Highsmith | 13 | 50 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| B.Echols | 16 | 46 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| C.Clark | 15 | 45 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| D.Elliott | 5 | 38 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| M.Harrison | 11 | 37 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Slay | 10 | 36 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| N.Herbig | 15 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| J.Pierre | 14 | 29 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| C.Holcomb | 14 | 28 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Y.Black | 17 | 28 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| D.Harmon | 12 | 27 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| J.Sawyer | 17 | 20 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.Peppers | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| A.Samuel Jr. | 6 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| E.Otomewo | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Ekuale | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Leal | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| L.Lee | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.Moon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S.Castro | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.Bruener | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M.Robinson | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M.Killebrew | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Jamison | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| I.Loudermilk | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T.Flowers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Porter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owned Breakdown
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Schedule
| WEEK | OPP | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIT vs ATL | |
| 2 | PIT @NE | |
| 3 | PIT vs CIN | |
| 4 | PIT @CLE | |
| 5 | PIT vs IND | |
| 6 | PIT @TB | |
| 7 | PIT @NO | |
| 8 | PIT vs CLE | |
| 9 | PIT vs BYE | |
| 10 | PIT @CIN | |
| 11 | PIT @PHI | |
| 12 | PIT vs DEN | |
| 13 | PIT vs HOU | |
| 14 | PIT @JAC | |
| 15 | PIT vs BAL | |
| 16 | PIT vs CAR | |
| 17 | PIT @TEN | |
| 18 | PIT @BAL |
Player Timeline
Mar 13th
Breaking: Steelers Sign RB Rico Dowdle to Two-Year Deal
Mar 10th
Steelers Sign RB Rico Dowdle to Two-Year, $12.25M Deal
Mar 9th
Free-Agent RB Rico Dowdle Signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers (Report)
Mar 8th
Report: Free Agent RB Rico Dowdle Linked to Washington Commanders
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