Rico Dowdle Week 6 Outlook - Lions at Cowboys

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 10th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Dowdle is coming off his best game of the season. He had a season-high 50% snap share with 22 touches and 114 total yards. Over the last two weeks, among 41 qualifying backs, he has shown some glimmer of hope, ranking 20th in yards after contact per attempt. Overall, this season, he's the RB34 in fantasy points per game, averaging 13 touches and 64.4 total yards. This isn't the week to go chasing last week's results for Dowdle. He has a horrible matchup this week against Detroit's top-shelf run defense. The Lions have allowed the fourth-fewest rushing yards per game, the fourth-lowest yards after contact per attempt, and the lowest yards per carry and success rate to zone runs (Dowdle 55.6% zone).