What's new
Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

RB Rico Dowdle, CAR (3 Viewers)

Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle rushed eight times for 38 yards and caught two passes for nine yards and one touchdown in Saturday’s preseason matchup against the Seahawks.
Click to expand...
Dowdle was the Cowboys’ first running back on the field on Saturday and found the end zone on a six-yard pass from Cooper Rush. He averaged a solid 4.8 yards per carry on the evening, with his longest rush coming on a nine-yard scamper on the team’s first drive. Dowdle is looking more and more like the RB2 behind Tony Pollard and is a worthwhile stash in the later rounds of fantasy drafts.
Click to expand...
 
I don't believe this hype. He's very unexciting and the guys behind aren't far behind and can make big plays.
Leupke smashes in for TDs and also plays FB and TE. Maybe twice I read where they let him catch passes and have multiple runs to show he's an Alstott clone. Nowhere near the opportunity he needed to get.
Still though, he's a utility guy that can get these hard yards.
The other backs are obvious
 
Casting Couch said:
I like Dowdle to land the number 2 job, great complement to Pollard.
Click to expand...
I think the bigger questions to consider here:
1) Will Dallas Run truly the ball more than 2022 as per McCarthy's claim / New OC ?
2) Will Pollard handle the full season or > 300 touches if they Run, Run and Run again?
3) Who will share the load with Pollard / Handcuff if Pollard is hurt, injured or misses time?
4) Does Rico take the RB2 role or does it expand for him to share the load in RBBC?
5) Does the RB2 role become the RBBC situation (Pollard RB1, Rico/Davis/Vaughn share RB2 role)
6) Can any of them "distinguish" themselves to become sole RB2 ??


Also, How much will this "Run More" approach impact Dak & his FF value?
 
Strange game with the ST and defensive TD early. Dowdle came in on the first drive of the 2nd quarter and had runs for 10, 2 and no yards. Finished with 6 carries for 24 yards. Duece only played late when the game was over.

He's a tough runner with 3 down skills including blocking. Pretty athletic (8.59 RAS), but injuries have held him back both in college and the pros. He's had several good runs in his preseasons. Could he be a top RB if Pollard went down? Or maybe get more action anyway to keep Pollard fresh.
 
SoBeDad said:
Strange game with the ST and defensive TD early. Dowdle came in on the first drive of the 2nd quarter and had runs for 10, 2 and no yards. Finished with 6 carries for 24 yards. Duece only played late when the game was over.

He's a tough runner with 3 down skills including blocking. Pretty athletic (8.59 RAS), but injuries have held him back both in college and the pros. He's had several good runs in his preseasons. Could he be a top RB if Pollard went down? Or maybe get more action anyway to keep Pollard fresh.
Click to expand...
I've been fighting whether or not Dallas lets Dowdle operate as a true 1a should Pollard go down. I don't see it. I'd rather hold guys like K. Ingram, Kelley (obv now), J. Ford, etc.
 
dipandglide said:
SoBeDad said:
Strange game with the ST and defensive TD early. Dowdle came in on the first drive of the 2nd quarter and had runs for 10, 2 and no yards. Finished with 6 carries for 24 yards. Duece only played late when the game was over.

He's a tough runner with 3 down skills including blocking. Pretty athletic (8.59 RAS), but injuries have held him back both in college and the pros. He's had several good runs in his preseasons. Could he be a top RB if Pollard went down? Or maybe get more action anyway to keep Pollard fresh.
Click to expand...
I've been fighting whether or not Dallas lets Dowdle operate as a true 1a should Pollard go down. I don't see it. I'd rather hold guys like K. Ingram, Kelley (obv now), J. Ford, etc.
Click to expand...
I've got Pollard and really nervous I don't have Dowdle. I've been trying to trade for him, but the other guy wants an overpay, and beginning to think it might be worth it. Problem is I'm not deep enough to overpay. Just crossing my fingers on Pollards health, but not too confident for the whole season based on the RB devastation the past few weeks.
 
I thought Dowdle looked the part last week-- obvoiusly worried about little timeshare if Pollard ever goes down-- but Dowdle has some juice
 
Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz reports Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle (ankle) is expected to play on Thanksgiving against the Commanders.

Dowdle was listed as questionable by the Cowboys with an ankle injury, but he is expected to play against the Commanders. He got in a limited practice on Wednesday after not practicing earlier in the week. Dowdle had tweaked his ankle on Saturday prior to the Cowboys’ Week 11 game, getting eight carries against the Panthers. He is the distant backup to Tony Pollard and ankle injury risk keeps Dowdle off the fantasy radar for Thanksgiving.
Click to expand...
 
Cowboys agreed to terms with RB Rico Dowdle.
Click to expand...
We’re less than a week into the new league year, but Dowdle’s return could prove important for fantasy purposes. While it’s possible the Cowboys will use an early pick on a running back in the draft, the free agent market has already seen its top players sign with new teams. Dowdle, who totaled 505 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns as Tony Pollard’s backup, could be asked to play a larger role in 2024. It’s too early to suggest Dowdle would be anything more than a fringe RB3/RB4 at this point, but his ability to work on early downs and passing downs would make him an interesting option late in drafts if the Cowboys don’t add any running backs of note.
Click to expand...
 
I'm team Zeke for sure, but Dowdle's rankings seem low. Fantasypros has him at RB46, FBG has him at RB52.

I'm struggling with where to put him, but if he's a big part of the committee with Zeke, he's better than that. And then if Zeke gets hurt, he really moves up. I expect Zeke to see the high value touches, but it's not out of the question that Zeke's another step slower this year and Dowdle outperforms him.

I'm initially putting him at RB45. We'll see what the next few months bring.
 
I have Dowdle at RB46 in PPR redraft. Would be fine taking him as my RB4/5, I think his production will exceed 2023, but not really someone I’m targeting. I think the Dallas offense will regress this year and there are more interesting players in his range (K. Miller, M. Lloyd, K. Vidal, R Davis.)
 
I'm not sure Dallas knows what they will do, so there is no way to gauge the Dallas offense except to assume it will be more like last season but without Pollard.
 
I’ve probably got cognitive dissonance (I might have made a huge mistake letting Zeke go in dynasty), but the fact that he went for five bucks in offseason free agency bidding lets one know what people thought of his performance last year (that’s no more than 2.5% of the first-place team's budget, and due to the fact that the second place teams through twelve get ascending FA money the worse they finished, it is much, much less than 2.5% of anybody’s budget). So there’s a case study and anecdote, but more than that I don’t see—other than Dowdle’s injury history—how Dowdle isn’t the starter in three or four weeks simply by physicality alone. This assumes Dallas has not thrown in the towel on the season (for whatever reason) and therefore they stick with Zeke for old time’s sake.

My opinion is that you could probably sign some guys not playing that would give Zeke a run for his money right now. I’ll admit that per almost every source Zeke plays the ins and outs of the position unbelievably well, and he is constantly picking up yards when walled off, but that first step is killing him, and I don’t see it getting better.
 
Last edited:
rockaction said:
I’ve probably got cognitive dissonance (I might have made a huge mistake letting Zeke go in dynasty), but the fact that he went for five bucks in offseason free agency bidding lets one know what people thought of his performance last year (that’s no more than 2.5% of the first-place teams’ budget, and is much less than that for teams that finished lower). I don’t see—other than Dowdle’s injury history—how Dowdle isn’t the starter in three or four weeks. That is unless Dallas has thrown in the towel on the season (for whatever reason) and they stick with Zeke for old time’s sake. You could probably sign some guys not playing that would give Zeke a run for his money right now. I’ll admit that Zeke plays the ins and outs of the position so well and is constantly picking up yards when walled off, but that first step is killing him, and I don’t see it getting better.
Click to expand...
Agree.

Dowdle one of my favorite late round flyers.

The end could come abruptly for Zeke.
 
kyoun1e said:
Agree.

Dowdle one of my favorite late round flyers.

The end could come abruptly for Zeke.
Click to expand...

Thanks. I think you are correct about the late-round flyer comment. I feel the same way. Jerruh looms large, however.

My thought is that if this is redraft, caveat emptor with counting on Dowdle or over-drafting him. If he hasn’t beat Zeke out yet, I don’t see anything so incredibly special about Dowdle (he’s pretty good, IMO) that it would prevent Dallas from signing somebody and giving that other person run for a bit. Just a caution. Like with all these guys, really.
 
rockaction said:
kyoun1e said:
Agree.

Dowdle one of my favorite late round flyers.

The end could come abruptly for Zeke.
Click to expand...

Thanks. I think you are correct about the late-round flyer comment. I feel the same way. Jerruh looms large, however.

My thought is that if this is redraft, caveat emptor with counting on Dowdle or over-drafting him. If he hasn’t beat Zeke out yet, I don’t see anything so incredibly special about Dowdle (he’s pretty good, IMO) that it would prevent Dallas from signing somebody and giving that other person run for a bit. Just a caution. Like with all these guys, really.
Click to expand...
Not sure how the old man feels about Zeke now that he already cast him aside once and is not paying him that much now. But yeah, you can’t rule that subplot out. The main question I have is how good Dowdle is in pass pro, given that is his biggest asset at this point. I think Dowdle could acquit himself nicely at the goal line.
 
zamboni said:
rockaction said:
kyoun1e said:
Agree.

Dowdle one of my favorite late round flyers.

The end could come abruptly for Zeke.
Click to expand...

Thanks. I think you are correct about the late-round flyer comment. I feel the same way. Jerruh looms large, however.

My thought is that if this is redraft, caveat emptor with counting on Dowdle or over-drafting him. If he hasn’t beat Zeke out yet, I don’t see anything so incredibly special about Dowdle (he’s pretty good, IMO) that it would prevent Dallas from signing somebody and giving that other person run for a bit. Just a caution. Like with all these guys, really.
Click to expand...
Not sure how the old man feels about Zeke now that he already cast him aside once and is not paying him that much now. But yeah, you can’t rule that subplot out. The main question I have is how good Dowdle is in pass pro, given that is his biggest asset at this point. I think Dowdle could acquit himself nicely at the goal line.
Click to expand...
Beating out Zeke and being named the starter seem like unrelated conditions. Jerry wants to make money first and foremost and Zeke in the starting lineup puts a few more butts in the seats, and jerseys on backs than Dowdle as the starter. They haven't signed a veteran yet so it seems like they are willing to run with what they have.

Zeke will start but it is difficult to see him being anything more than a 45-50% guy in a shared backfield. I could see it being closer to 40% by end of season if the Cowboys are playing for something.

Whether Dowdle is the other half of that equation is no guarantee. It could be Vaughn or Freeman or a mix but I don't see Zeke getting enough snaps to prevent one of the backs "behind" him from achieving fantasy relevance. Right now Dowdle seems like the safest bet to be that guy. I wouldn't want him as anything more than a RB4, but he's the first Cowboy RB I would draft.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

wlwiles
Fantasy Teams that are Frauds
Replies
3
Views
315
kyoun1e
K
S
Do or die week
Replies
1
Views
225
BobbyLayne
BobbyLayne
K
Zero RB Targets and Rankings (PPR)
Replies
2
Views
931
kyoun1e
K

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top