Rico Dowdle Week 2 Outlook - Saints at Cowboys

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Sep 12th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Dowdle was the 1B in this backfield last week with 44% of the snaps, nine touches, and 32 total yards. The blowout nature of last week's game does kind of distort the numbers, but Dowdle's per-touch efficiency wasn't much better than Elliott's, but it was better. Dowdle also didn't have an explosive run or missed tackle forced while also being stuffed on 50% of his runs with 2.13 yards after contact per attempt. Dowdle is also a sit this week in a terrible matchup for the Dallas ground game. Last week, New Orleans allowed zero explosive runs, only a 10% missed tackle rate, and 1.40 yards after contact per attempt. This lines up with their numbers last year, as the Saints were 17th in explosive run rate with the 11th-highest stuff rate and the fifth-lowest rushing touchdown rate allowed.